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We incorporate house price risk and mortgages into a standard incomplete market (SIM) model. We calibrate the model to match U.S. data, and we show that the model also accounts for non-targeted features of the data such as the distribution of down payments, the life-cycle profile of...
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significant effect on the bankruptcy rate. Additionally, a drop in information costs generates changes in other variables (e …
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The two channels of default on unsecured consumer debt are (i) bankruptcy, which legally grants partial or complete … of both bankruptcy and delinquency. Our model yields three new findings: First, with respect to the choice between … bankruptcy and delinquency, labor income shocks matter. Specifically, we find delinquency is readily used by borrowers with the …
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A model of mortgage defaults is built into the standard incomplete markets model. Households face income and house-price shocks and purchase houses using long-term mortgages. Interest rates on mortgages are determined in equilibrium according to the risk of default. The model accounts for the...
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We study the endogenous determination of corporate debt maturity in a setting with default risk. We assume that firms must access the bond market and they issue debt with a flexible structure (coupon, face value, and maturity). Initially, the firm is in a low growth/illiquid state that requires...
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facts, we develop a theoretically and institutionally plausible model of debt delinquency and bankruptcy. Our model …
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At an aggregate level, formal default via bankruptcy and informal default via delinquency are both quantitatively …
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