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Credit Cards, Consumer Credit & Bankruptcy, Ronald Mann Mar 2006

Credit Cards, Consumer Credit & Bankruptcy, Ronald Mann

Ronald Mann

Presents the empirical analysis from chapters four and five of Charging Ahead illustrating the relations among credit card use, consumer credit, and bankruptcy, using a data set of five countries (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan) that include about 3/4 of the world credit card market.


Limiting Limited Liability, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci Jan 2006

Limiting Limited Liability, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

Limited liability may result in inefficient accident prevention, because a relevant portion of the expected harm is externalized on victims. This paper shows that under some restrictive conditions further limiting liability by means of a liability cap can improve caretaking.