Grieb, Terrance; Hegji, Charles; Jones, Steven - In: Journal of Economics and Finance 25 (2001) 3, pp. 316-327
Over the period from 1981 through 1999, we investigate the relationship between bankcard delinquencies and key macroeconomic variables. Changes in the proportion of accounts in default are statistically related to the consumer debt ratio. When the delinquency rate is calculated based on the...