Personal-bankruptcy cycles

Thomas Garrett and Howard Wall

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Abstract: This paper estimates the dynamics of the personal-bankruptcy rate over the business cycle by exploiting large cross-state variation. We find that bankruptcy rates are significantly above trend during a recession and rise as a recession persists. After a recession ends, there is a hangover whereby bankruptcy rates begin to fall but remain above trend for several more quarters. Recovery periods see a strong bounce-back effect with bankruptcy rates significantly below trend for several quarters. Despite the significant increases in bankruptcies during recessions, the largest contributor to rising bankruptcies during these periods has tended to be the longstanding upward trend.

Keywords: Personal Bankruptcy; Recessions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D14 E32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-08-23
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Journal Article: PERSONAL-BANKRUPTCY CYCLES (2014)
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