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Effects of Debt Restructuring Session
Discussion by Felicia Ionescu
Federal Reserve Board
FDIC Consumer Research Symposium October 18
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Decomposing Present Value Effects: Evidence from a large-scale restructuring experiment
by Deniz Aydin
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Approach: Bank randomized trial control large scale experiment on borrowers ofunsecured credit in Turkey
I Stratify participants in bins: late pay, balances, geography.I Participants are randomly assigned into treatement legs wrt three contract
features: rate reduction, maturity increase, relief.I Design of a debt relief program for delinquent borrowers: new contract terms
(lower rate, higher maturity and several months of forbereance)I Debt relief type unexpected and exogenous shock: permanent vs temporary
Findings
I Interest rate reductions have LR effects while short-term forbereance has SReffects
I Rate reductions create larger variation in PV while short-term forbereance inmontly payments
What the paper is about
Goal
1 to study contributions of different types of debt relief on defaults 2 to decompose present value vs payments effects on default.
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Findings
I Interest rate reductions have LR effects while short-term forbereance has SReffects
I Rate reductions create larger variation in PV while short-term forbereance inmontly payments
What the paper is about
Goal
1 to study contributions of different types of debt relief on defaults 2 to decompose present value vs payments effects on default.
Approach: Bank randomized trial control large scale experiment on borrowers of unsecured credit in Turkey
I Stratify participants in bins: late pay, balances, geography. I Participants are randomly assigned into treatement legs wrt three contract
features: rate reduction, maturity increase, relief. I Design of a debt relief program for delinquent borrowers: new contract terms
(lower rate, higher maturity and several months of forbereance) I Debt relief type unexpected and exogenous shock: permanent vs temporary
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What the paper is about
Goal
1
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to study contributions of different types of debt relief on defaults to decompose present value vs payments effects on default.
Approach: Bank randomized trial control large scale experiment on borrowers of unsecured credit in Turkey
I Stratify participants in bins: late pay, balances, geography. I Participants are randomly assigned into treatement legs wrt three contract
features: rate reduction, maturity increase, relief. I Design of a debt relief program for delinquent borrowers: new contract terms
(lower rate, higher maturity and several months of forbereance) I Debt relief type unexpected and exogenous shock: permanent vs temporary
Findings
I Interest rate reductions have LR effects while short-term forbereance has SR effects
I Rate reductions create larger variation in PV while short-term forbereance in montly payments
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Methodology - provide explanations
I RTC experimentI How are the amounts of rate reduction, maturity increase and number of
months for payment relief chosen?I How do the participants sample compare with delinquent/similar risk
borrowers in Turkey?I Why 1/3 threshold for debt relief?
Implications for what kind of policies? Monetary vs bank
I Not clear why interest rate pass through is brought into this. Redirect toimplications for bank policies.
I Effectiveness of debt relief type. What about effects on loan portfolioperformance?
Use specific terms instead of generic (intro)
I balance sheet effects, monetary vs fiscal payments, borrower friendly loanprogram.
1. Clarity of the paper Need to know specifics about unsecured credit in Turkey (focus in Section 3)
I Regulatory environment - credit card reforms (2014) on cap on interest rate and maturity limits
I Contractual arrangements - What about borrower risk?
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Implications for what kind of policies? Monetary vs bank
I Not clear why interest rate pass through is brought into this. Redirect toimplications for bank policies.
I Effectiveness of debt relief type. What about effects on loan portfolioperformance?
Use specific terms instead of generic (intro)
I balance sheet effects, monetary vs fiscal payments, borrower friendly loanprogram.
1. Clarity of the paper Need to know specifics about unsecured credit in Turkey (focus in Section 3)
I Regulatory environment - credit card reforms (2014) on cap on interest rate and maturity limits
I Contractual arrangements - What about borrower risk?
Methodology - provide explanations I RTC experiment I How are the amounts of rate reduction, maturity increase and number of
months for payment relief chosen? I How do the participants sample compare with delinquent/similar risk
borrowers in Turkey? I Why 1/3 threshold for debt relief?
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Use specific terms instead of generic (intro)
I balance sheet effects, monetary vs fiscal payments, borrower friendly loanprogram.
1. Clarity of the paper Need to know specifics about unsecured credit in Turkey (focus in Section 3)
I Regulatory environment - credit card reforms (2014) on cap on interest rate and maturity limits
I Contractual arrangements - What about borrower risk?
Methodology - provide explanations I RTC experiment I How are the amounts of rate reduction, maturity increase and number of
months for payment relief chosen? I How do the participants sample compare with delinquent/similar risk
borrowers in Turkey? I Why 1/3 threshold for debt relief?
Implications for what kind of policies? Monetary vs bank I Not clear why interest rate pass through is brought into this. Redirect to
implications for bank policies. I Effectiveness of debt relief type. What about effects on loan portfolio
performance?
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1. Clarity of the paper Need to know specifics about unsecured credit in Turkey (focus in Section 3)
I Regulatory environment - credit card reforms (2014) on cap on interest rate and maturity limits
I Contractual arrangements - What about borrower risk?
Methodology - provide explanations I RTC experiment I How are the amounts of rate reduction, maturity increase and number of
months for payment relief chosen? I How do the participants sample compare with delinquent/similar risk
borrowers in Turkey? I Why 1/3 threshold for debt relief?
Implications for what kind of policies? Monetary vs bank I Not clear why interest rate pass through is brought into this. Redirect to
implications for bank policies. I Effectiveness of debt relief type. What about effects on loan portfolio
performance?
Use specific terms instead of generic (intro) I balance sheet effects, monetary vs fiscal payments, borrower friendly loan
program.
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Figure: Terms and balances by borrower risk
2. How to reconcile this study with theories of unsecured credit/U.S. data
Borrower risk and contractual arrangements I Borrowers are asked about the nature of financial distress - individually
tailored rates and maturity recommendations I Don’t existing credit terms and outstanding balances vary by borrower
risk (US data and unsecured credit theory)?
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2. How to reconcile this study with theories of unsecured credit/U.S. data
Borrower risk and contractual arrangements I
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Borrowers are asked about the nature of financial distress tailored rates and maturity recommendations Don’t existing credit terms and outstanding balances vary risk (US data and unsecured credit theory)?
- individually
by borrower
Figure: Terms and balances by borrower risk
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2. How to reconcile this study with theories of unsecured credit cont.
Theory: In equilibrium credit terms vary with borrower risk (Dempsey and Ionescu (2019))
p(x , `; s 0) q(x , `; s) = if ` < 0 (1)
(1+η)(1 + i)
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2. How to reconcile this study with theories of unsecured credit cont.
Theory: In equilibrium credit terms vary with borrower risk (Dempsey and Ionescu (2019))
p(x , `; s 0) q(x , `; s) = if ` < 0 (1)
(1+η)(1 + i)
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2. How to reconcile this study with theories of unsecured credit cont.
Interest/principal ratio is higher (high rates, low credit limits, low balances) Have higher incentives to accept low rate offers compared to low risk borrowers (R) How would the bank cover this cost? One option would be to adjust terms for other borrowers (increase rates) In equilibrium: Direct relationship between interest rates and credit risk - counterfactual and in conflict with the theory How to interpret outcome response?
Consider high risk borrowers in the experiment: 1
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Concluding remarks
Clever exercise I Great deal of effort to design and conduct the experiment and collect
data
Paper needs more clarity I Urge authors to rewrite the paper to be reader friendly
Qualitiative effects on default not suprising (by construction) I Focus on quantitative assesment
Redirect focus on implications for bank policies I Effectiveness of various debt relief plans
Difficult to reconcile with unsecured credit literature I Maybe related to a different type of unsecured credit environment?
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Second Chance: Life Without Student Debt
by Marco Di Maggio, Ankit Kalda, Vincent W. Yao
Discussion by Felicia Ionescu (FRB) Effects of Debt Restructuring Session FDIC Consumer Research Symposium October
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Data on lawsuits filing by National Collegiate, holder of privatestudent loans that failed to prove chain of title on debt it was tryingto collect
I Debt relief exogenous to borrowers’ choices.
ApproachI Treatment: 10K individuals involved in the failed collection lawsuitsI Control: 94K borrowers in Equifax that were similarly in default
Results: Discharge leads toI Decreased debt usage, driven by unsecured credit (ext margin)I Decreased delinquency, driven by unsecured credit (both margins)I Increased mobility and income
What the paper is about
Uses data on lawsuits filings for borrowers in default matched with credit bureau data to study effects of student debt discharge on credit and labor outcomes.
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ApproachI Treatment: 10K individuals involved in the failed collection lawsuitsI Control: 94K borrowers in Equifax that were similarly in default
Results: Discharge leads toI Decreased debt usage, driven by unsecured credit (ext margin)I Decreased delinquency, driven by unsecured credit (both margins)I Increased mobility and income
What the paper is about
Uses data on lawsuits filings for borrowers in default matched with credit bureau data to study effects of student debt discharge on credit and labor outcomes.
Data on lawsuits filing by National Collegiate, holder of private student loans that failed to prove chain of title on debt it was trying to collect
I Debt relief exogenous to borrowers’ choices.
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Results: Discharge leads toI Decreased debt usage, driven by unsecured credit (ext margin)I Decreased delinquency, driven by unsecured credit (both margins)I Increased mobility and income
What the paper is about
Uses data on lawsuits filings for borrowers in default matched with credit bureau data to study effects of student debt discharge on credit and labor outcomes.
Data on lawsuits filing by National Collegiate, holder of private student loans that failed to prove chain of title on debt it was trying to collect
I Debt relief exogenous to borrowers’ choices.
Approach I Treatment: 10K individuals involved in the failed collection lawsuits I Control: 94K borrowers in Equifax that were similarly in default
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What the paper is about
Uses data on lawsuits filings for borrowers in default matched with credit bureau data to study effects of student debt discharge on credit and labor outcomes.
Data on lawsuits filing by National Collegiate, holder of private student loans that failed to prove chain of title on debt it was trying to collect
I Debt relief exogenous to borrowers’ choices.
Approach I Treatment: 10K individuals involved in the failed collection lawsuits I Control: 94K borrowers in Equifax that were similarly in default
Results: Discharge leads to I Decreased debt usage, driven by unsecured credit (ext margin) I Decreased delinquency, driven by unsecured credit (both margins) I Increased mobility and income
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Two concerns:1 How about risk type?
I Different risk profiles
2 How about debt type?I Not similar – private (treatment) vs public student debt (90+% of
loans in control)
1 Risk profiles of borrowers affected2 Provision of debt relief embedded ex-ante in the two types of debt is
different.
Treatment and control groups differently selected?
Argument: Control group = Delinquent borrowers on similar debt levels, same code area, same age.
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2 How about debt type?I Not similar – private (treatment) vs public student debt (90+% of
loans in control)
1 Risk profiles of borrowers affected2 Provision of debt relief embedded ex-ante in the two types of debt is
different.
Treatment and control groups differently selected?
Argument: Control group = Delinquent borrowers on similar debt levels, same code area, same age.
Two concerns: How about risk type?
I Different risk profiles
1
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Treatment and control groups differently selected?
Argument: Control group = Delinquent borrowers on similar debt levels, same code area, same age.
Two concerns: 1 How about risk type?
I Different risk profiles
2 How about debt type? I Not similar – private (treatment) vs public student debt (90+% of
loans in control)
1
2
Risk profiles of borrowers affected Provision of debt relief embedded ex-ante in the two types of debt is different.
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Some thoughts:I Simply use risk score in EquifaxI Look at other measures that point to risk profiles: Credit limits;
minimum scores on credit accountsI Can also use debt to income ratio measures; (income proxy in merged
Equifax and Census data)I Results for credit outcomes should distinguish by type of debt (later)
1. Selection: Different risk profiles across groups
Portfolio allocation differs across groups (collateralized debt vs unsecured debt)
Loan type Delinq SL Population Sample Treated Individuals
Credit card balance 269 1,829
Auto balance 14,354 4,464
Mortgage balance 134,257 6,470
Credit card utilization 0.98 0.37
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1. Selection: Different risk profiles across groups
Portfolio allocation differs across groups (collateralized debt vs unsecured debt)
Loan type Delinq SL Population Sample Treated Individuals
Credit card balance 269 1,829
Auto balance 14,354 4,464
Mortgage balance 134,257 6,470
Credit card utilization 0.98 0.37
Some thoughts: I Simply use risk score in Equifax I Look at other measures that point to risk profiles: Credit limits;
minimum scores on credit accounts I Can also use debt to income ratio measures; (income proxy in merged
Equifax and Census data) I Results for credit outcomes should distinguish by type of debt (later)
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Ideally, you would have only private loan borrowers in your controlgroup
2. Private (treatment) vs federal student loans (control) Private student loans = mix between unsecured credit and federal student loans (Ionescu and Simpson (2016))
Both types are non dischargeable Different eligibility criteria: need based vs credit score based
I Unlike for private loans, no credit score and collateral requirement for public loans
I Implications for risk profiles
Subjected to different contractual terms I credit limits fixed vs varying I interest rates fixed vs varying accounting for risk I debt relief of some sort embedded in public loans; can choose
repayment options for public loans – different degree of insurance
Collection procedures are different
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2. Private (treatment) vs federal student loans (control) Private student loans = mix between unsecured credit and federal student loans (Ionescu and Simpson (2016))
Both types are non dischargeable Different eligibility criteria: need based vs credit score based
I Unlike for private loans, no credit score and collateral requirement for public loans
I Implications for risk profiles
Subjected to different contractual terms I credit limits fixed vs varying I interest rates fixed vs varying accounting for risk I debt relief of some sort embedded in public loans; can choose
repayment options for public loans – different degree of insurance
Collection procedures are different
Ideally, you would have only private loan borrowers in your control group
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Some concluding remarks
Nice contribution on data collection to overcome the empirical challenge of finding exogenous variation in the borrowers’ exposure to student debt
Polished, clearly written
Main concerns: Debt relief across control and treatment groups not comparable for a variety of reasons
I Some work on risk profiles and private vs public student debt
Additional thoughts: Is there really an improvement in outcomes? I Separate by loan types to make that statement I Redo figures 3 and 5 by types of debt I Might be useful to look at debt burden and at how close borrowers are
to credit limits by loan categories I Figure 6 by DTI rather than income I Try different measures of delinquency, in particular 120+
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