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The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions Over the Lifecycle / Sumit Agarwal, John C. Driscoll, Xavier Gabaix, David Laibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agarwal, Sumit.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w13191.
- NBER working paper series no. w13191
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- The Age of Reason
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007.
- Summary:
- In cross-sectional data sets from ten credit markets, we find that middle-aged adults borrow at lower interest rates and pay fewer fees relative to younger and older adults. Fee and interest payments are minimized around age 53. The measured effects are not explained by observed risk characteristics. We discuss several leading factors that may contribute to these effects, including age-related changes in experience and cognitive function, selection effects, and cohort effects.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 2007.
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