Nosal, Jaromir B.; Drozd, Lukasz A. - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2011
This paper proposes a quantitative theory of unsecured borrowing via credit cards. We explicitly model key features of credit cards: (i) they are pre-approved lines of credit, (ii) they are long-lasting relationships with endogenous duration. We endogenize duration by modeling explicit frictions...