Amortization requirements and household indebtedness: An application to Swedish-style mortgages

Household Indebtedness Risks in the Czech Republic

In the past 20 years the economy of the Czech Republic has experienced substantial changes. In the 1990s the development was affected by the transformation which sought to establish the right conditions for privatization and creation of elementary market relations. In the last decade the characteristic elements such as private ownership and corresponding institutional framework have been streng...

Housing Wealth and Household Indebtedness: Is there a Household 'Financial Accelerator'

The ‘financial accelerator’ model when applied to households states that shocks to household balance sheets (primarily changes in house prices) amplify fluctuations in consumer spending by tightening or relaxing collateral constraints on borrowing. We construct an alternative model where households also have access to unsecured debt, and examine the effect of shocks to house prices on debt-fina...

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

Housing Collateral and Household Indebtedness: Is there a Household Financial Accelerator? by

We examine the ‘financial accelerator’ model of household behaviour, whereby shocks to household balance sheets increase the amplitude of fluctuations in consumer spending by tightening or unbinding collateral constraints. We construct an alternative model where households have access to both secured and unsecured debt, and examine the consequences of shocks to household balance sheets (primari...

Craftsmanship Alpha: An Application to Style Investing