@BYUMarriott associate professor of finance. I study corporate and consumer bankruptcy for the most part.
Provo, UT
Joined April 2014
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Scott Baker, @PhdDfs, @m36johnson, @KPisciotta11, and I have a new paper that examines the consequences of gambling. We find that online sports betting leads households to reduce investment and increase debt, particularly for financially constrained households.
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Do you work on #HouseholdFinance? Care about how consumers use financial products? Have new and exciting work in this space?
Then, please submit your best work to the Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making (deadline 12/23).
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New #RecessionRemedies podcast episode 🔊 Businesses fared better than expected during the pandemic. So why shouldn’t policymakers use the same business aid strategy in the next economic downturn?
@gchodorowreich, @profiverson, and @davidmwessel discuss. brook.gs/3Q5I7Op
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In #RecessionRemedies, @gchodorowreich, @profiverson, and @HarvardHBS’s Adi Sunderam survey business performance during COVID-19 and policy support to business, including loans, subsidies, and the Federal Reserve’s corporate bond market interventions. brook.gs/3LMukcZ
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Great write-up about my work on racial disparities in personal bankruptcy with @bargyle, @profiverson, and Christopher Palmer! Article includes a @WhartonBizDaily podcast interview about this research 👇👇👇
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Check out this @PhilFedResearch conference to see my new paper with @bargyle (@BYU), @profiverson (@BYU), and Christopher Palmer (@MITSloan) on racial disparities in personal bankruptcy outcomes! 👇👇
The landscape of household finance and consumer payments is rapidly evolving. Join us for a two-day virtual conference seeking to capture insights from the latest research. View agenda and register today for the #NewPerspectives conference, Sept 9-10. bit.ly/3AzIwQK
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‼️ new data alert ‼️
Hey #econtwitter! Sharing the dataset I built on bankruptcy exemptions. Exemptions are a key policy lever governing the amount of debt relief bankruptcy offers households. Access here: sashaindarte.github.io/publi… (1/n)
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When personal bankruptcy filers can delay filing for bankruptcy, they accumulate more unsecured debt, especially “shadow debt” that does not show up on credit reports, from Bronson Argyle, @profiverson, Taylor D. Nadauld, and Christopher Palmer nber.org/papers/w28901
Anyone know offhand how much of the drop in homes available for sale and accompanying rise in house prices might be due to foreclosure moratoria? I have very little sense of the magnitude of foreclosures relative to supply of houses...
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Big endorsement of @BYUecon by John List: "probably the most underrated school in the world for economics"
Hey #EconTwitter and #bankruptcy folks: is there a canonical example of debt overhang I could show to my students? Something that is clearly debt overhang and not something else?
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Despite historic recession, in 2020 firm bankruptcies in advanced economies declined over 25% relative to pre-Covid normal due to exceptional policy measures, in contrast to previous recessions. Policy makers should prepare for possible "pent-up bankruptcies."
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Today, the @ESRBofficial published an Insight Note @MartinOehmke and I wrote about the insolvency challenges ahead. The overarching goal of an effective insolvency regime is to restructure viable businesses but to liquidate non-viable businesses. [1/6]
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I'm thrilled to see my work with @profiverson and Mark Roe in print at the @HarvardBusLaw.
It's an updated analysis we did over the summer about the need to extend the bankruptcy court's capacity to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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It was such a pleasure to work with Robin and @dthesmar on this paper.
Estimating the upcoming wave of pandemic-related financial distress, from Robin Greenwood, @profiverson, and @dthesmar nber.org/papers/w28104
