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The CARD Act and Young Borrowers: The Effects and the Affected
Author(s) -
DEBBAUT PETER,
GHENT ANDRA,
KUDLYAK MARIANNA
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of money, credit and banking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.763
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1538-4616
pISSN - 0022-2879
DOI - 10.1111/jmcb.12340
Subject(s) - credit card , chargeback , credit card interest , business , significant difference , atm card , demographic economics , actuarial science , economics , medicine , finance , payment
We study a new law that restricts credit to individuals under age 21. We first use a difference‐in‐difference approach to estimate the effect of the law on credit card availability. Following the passage of the law, individuals under age 21 are 8 percentage points (15%) less likely to have a credit card, have fewer cards, and, conditional on having a card at all, are 35% more likely to have a cosigned card. We then use data from before the passage of the law to identify the characteristics of those individuals most likely to be affected by the Act.

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