We show that the determinants and economic implications of the primary loan loss indicators reported in financial reports—non-performing loans (NPL), the allowance and provision for loan losses (ALL and PLL), and net loan charge-offs (NLCO)—vary dramatically across real estate, commercial, and consumer loan types, because these types differ in their homogeneity and collateralization and thus in...

This paper analyzes how different levels of debtor protection across U.S. states affect small firms’ access to credit, as well as the price and non-price terms of their loans. We use a measure of debtor protection that has its maximum value when the borrower’s home equity is lower than the state homestead exemption (debtor is fully protected), and is decreasing in the difference between the hom...

We present novel results that relate energy and information transfer with sensitivity to initial conditions in chaotic multi-dimensional Hamiltonian systems. We show the relation among Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, Lyapunov exponents, and upper bounds for the Mutual Information Rate calculated in the Hamiltonian phase space and on bi-dimensional subspaces. Our main result is that the net amount of ...

Given the substantial amount of resources currently invested in microcredit programs, it is more important than ever to accurately assess the extent to which peer monitoring by borrowers faced with group liability contracts actually reduces moral hazard. We conduct a field experiment with women about to enter a group loan program in Paraguay and then gather administrative data on their repaymen...

Rising health care costs and declining personal savings rates are nearly synonymous with household medical debt. For some, defined contribution (DC) retirement savings plans provide a ready source of funds to meet these medical debts. We examine whether health status and health insurance coverage predict the likelihood of having a DC loan using data from the Federal Reserve’s triennial Survey o...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Loan loss provisions Gains Securitization and loan sales SFAS No. 140 Earnings benchmarks This study investigates earnings management through managing specific accruals vs. structuring transactions in the banking industry. This paper explores the circumstances under which banks manipulate loan loss provisions vs. circumstances that lead banks to structure loan sa...

The study assessed beneficiaries’ satisfaction in the management of loag-contract components by cooperatives involved in the farm credit delivery in Edo State. The objective was to identify the components of the farm loan contract, examine the management strategies and rate the beneficiaries’ satisfaction of such management strategies. This was done by purposively selecting 40 cooperatives invo...

It is a difficulty problem to choice repayment patterns of student loan. “Conventional mortgage-type loan” and “Income contingent loan” has been performed in many countries. These loan repayment manners have their own characteristics. In this paper, we discuss their advantages and disadvantages, and would provide policy choice for student loans programs in China. These suggestions maybe supply ...

This study presents evidence on the relative accommodation of credit requests made by minority start-up entrepreneurs in U.S. farm sector. Loan packaging terms (amount, interest rate, and maturity) prescribed lending officers Farm Service Agency, government's arm to sector, are analyzed compared across racial/ethnic gender groups borrowers. The intention is discern whether loan favorable suppor...

The study investigated the loan repayment, its determinants and socio-economic characteristics of microfinance loan beneficiaries in the Southeast states of Nigeria. It was carried out in three states of the five southeast states. Using a multistage sampling technique, a total of 144 loan beneficiaries in the three segments of MFIs, namely; formal (commercial and development banks); semi-formal...