Working Papers

We invite you to explore the working papers supported directly by CFSP as well as key working papers in the field of financial systems and poverty that were written by Consortium researchers.

Juliano Assunção, Efraim Benmelech, Fernando S. S. Silva

We exploit a 2004 credit reform in Brazil that simplified the sale of repossessed cars used as collateral for auto loans. We show that the change has led to larger loans...

Recent Working Papers

Robert M. Townsend, Alexander Karaivanov
2012

We formulate and solve a range of dynamic models of information-constrained credit that allow...

Robert M. Townsend, Mauro Alem
2012

The theory of the optimal allocation of risk and some unusual panel data on financial...

Juliano Assunção
2012

This paper shows that the contractual arrangement of `banking correspondents' has...

Dean Karlan, Ryan Knight, Christopher Udry
2012

This is a working paper from Dean Karlan, Ryan Knight, and Christopher Udry...

Warren Weber
2012

This paper examines two different clearing arrangements for bank liabilities. One was a profit...

Juliano Assunção, Efraim Benmelech, Fernando S. S. Silva
NBER Working Paper No. 17858 | 2012

We exploit a 2004 credit reform in Brazil that simplified the sale of repossessed cars used as...

Tomoe Moore, Christopher J.Green
2012

We construct data for a flow of funds model and estimate a complete model of disaggregated...

V.V. Chari
2012

Developing an understanding of how financial market disturbances affect the broader economy is...

Monika Piazzesi, Martin Schneider
2012

In the 1970s, U.S. asset markets witnessed (i) a 25% dip in the ratio of aggregate household...

Andrea Szabo
2012

This paper analyzes South Africa’s Free Basic Water Policy, under which households...