Household Debt Repayment Behaviour: What Role Do Institutions Play?

What Role Do Legal Institutions Play in Development?

Breastfeeding: what role do fathers play?

Household Debt: What the Data Show

Over the past decade, the debt of the household sector has increased at an average annual rate of 14 per cent, which is well in excess of the growth of household income. As a result, the ratio of household debt to household disposable income in Australia has risen from a level that was low by international standards to one that is in the upper end of the range of other industrial countries. Thi...

Extinction debt repayment via timely habitat restoration

Habitat destruction threatens the viability of many populations, but its full consequences can take considerable time to unfold. Much of the discourse surrounding extinction debts—the number of species that persist transiently following habitat loss, despite being headed for extinction—frames ultimate population crashes as the means of settling the debt. However, slow population decline also op...

Debt Maturity : What Do Economists Say ? What Do CFOs Say ?

Any homeowner who has shopped around for a mortgage would recognize many of the concerns facing the chief financial officer (CFo) puzzling over her firm’s optimal debt maturity. A CFo may ask, “Should my firm sell a long-term bond and lock in the current 30-year rate, or should my firm sell a five-year note and refinance in five years?” one of the CFo’s concerns is that the five-year loan may s...