BACKGROUND Personal debt is now recognized as one of the many factors associated with common mental disorders (CMD). We aim to estimate the prevalence of 'specific' mental disorders based on ICD-10 research diagnostic criteria by type of debt and quantify the additional influence of addictive behaviours. METHOD A random probability sample comprising 7461 respondents were interviewed for the t...

This study takes on the issue of young adults’ retreat from the housing and auto markets from a different perspective. Instead of trying to establish a correlation and causality between homeownership and student loan debt of young households, which has been the common approach in the literature, this study will attempt to reveal the connection between student loan debt and young households’ acc...

We use data on publicly traded UK firms to investigate whether financing choices differ systematically with R&D intensity. As well as looking at a balance sheet measure of the debt/assets ratio, we also consider the probability of raising finance by issuing new equity, and the shares of bank debt and secured debt in total debt. We find a non-linear relationship with the debt/assets ratio: firms...

Mean starting salary among graduates of U.S. veterinary medical schools and colleges during 2008 was $51,321 for males and $47,330 for females. Mean debt for male graduates with debt was $115,059, whereas mean debt for female graduates with debt was $121,006.

The lack of proper enforcement mechanism for sovereign debt generates a commitment failure. As a result, a sovereign may seek to improve its position in debt renegotiations and thus evade its debt obligations by reducing exports. Conditionality seeks to provide a solution to the incentive problem by addressing the commitment failure. Formalizing this argument, we show that conditionality helps ...

Testing the reaction of the primary surplus to variations in public debt, relative to GDP respectively, has been frequently resorted to in order to test for sustainability of a given debt policy. In this contribution, we analyze theoretically under which condition a positive reaction of the primary surplus to variations in debt implies a sustainable debt policy. We demonstrate that the evolutio...

This paper proposes a theory of government debt which, as opposed to previous theories, delivers an interior steady state that is independent of initial debt. The key elements are nominal public debt and a benevolent government that cannot commit to future policy choices. Governments face a trade-off. On the one hand, they would like to increase the debt and delay taxation, so as to reduce curr...

a r t i c l e i n f o This paper analyses the impact of financial sector policy changes on the dynamics of public debt. Using a panel of 89 countries from 1973 to 2005, we find that, overall, while the implementation of financial liberalisation policies significantly raises the public debt growth rate, the adoption of financial re-regulation measures does not reduce it in a significant manner. ...