Bankruptcy and Credit Card Debt : Is There A Causal Relationship.

Explores the relationship between credit card debt and the growing rate of personal bankruptcy. Examines distribution of household debt, reasons for high credit card interest rates, trends in aggregate household debt burden, credit card industry competition, and increasing consumer access to credit...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1998.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Bankruptcy. Banks and banking. Competition. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Explores the relationship between credit card debt and the growing rate of personal bankruptcy. Examines distribution of household debt, reasons for high credit card interest rates, trends in aggregate household debt burden, credit card industry competition, and increasing consumer access to credit cards. Includes tables and graphs.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.