The recent COVID‐19 pandemic has devastated economies worldwide. Using detailed, monthly data from a major consumer credit reporting agency in Canada, we have examined in[...]

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of debt‐relief programs targeting short‐run household liquidity constraints implemented in Canada in response to the COVID‐19 pandem[...]

This paper develops an agent‐based model to quantify the impact of COVID‐19 on household debt and savings. To build a representative cross‐section of households that vary[...]

Prospective economic developments depend on the behavior of consumer spending. A key question is whether private expenditures recover once social distancing restrictions [...]

Aggregate events often start locally with households learning about the unfolding of events through social communication. Using plausibly exogenous variation in counties’[...]

The data and programs replicate tables and figures from "Consumer credit usage in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic", by Ho, Morin, Paarsch and Huynh. Please see the[...]

The data and programs replicate tables and figures from "Debt-relief programs and money left on the table: Evidence from Canada’s response to COVID-19", by Allen, Clark, [...]

The data and programs replicate tables and figures from "The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 on Canadian household consumption, debt and savings", by MacGee, Pugh and S[...]