Determinants of household borrowing in the United States and a panel of OECD countries prior to the financial crisis of 2007/2008

This thesis investigates which factors drove the spectacular accumulation of household liabilities prior to the financial crisis of 2007/2008 in the United States and 12 other OECD countries. Two mechanisms are of particular interest. The first is the polarization in the distribution of income which...

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Main Author: Wildauer, Rafael
Other Authors: Stockhammer, Engelbert ; Stewart, Chris
Published: Kingston University 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733453