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Nuno Duarte Pacheco Clara

Associate Professor of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business

Selected Publications


Borrow now, pay even later: A quantitative analysis of student debt payment plans

Journal Article Journal of Financial Economics · September 1, 2024 In the U.S., student debt is currently the second largest component of consumer debt. Households are required to repay these loans early in their lifecycle, when marginal utility is particularly high. We study alternative contracts that offer partial or fu ... Full text Cite

Structuring Mortgages for Macroeconomic Stability

Journal Article Journal of Finance · October 1, 2021 We study mortgage design features aimed at stabilizing the macroeconomy. We model overlapping generations of borrowers and an infinitely lived risk-averse representative lender. Mortgages are priced using an equilibrium pricing kernel derived from the lend ... Full text Cite