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Housing bubbles
Arce, Óscar J.; López-Salido, J. David - Banco de España - 2008
In this paper we use the notion of a housing bubble as an equilibrium in which some investors hold houses only for resale purposes and not for the expectation of a dividend, either in the form of rents or utility. We provide a life-cycle model where households face collateral constraints that...
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House Prices, Rents, and Interest Rates under Collateral Constraints
Arce, Óscar J.; López-Salido, David - Banco de España - 2006
We develop an OLG model aimed at explaining the joint determination of housing prices, rents, and interest rates, in an environment featuring a positive home ownership bias and individual borrowing limits that generate a mismatch between desired and available funds to finance housing purchases....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005155214
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The distribution of debt across euro area countries: the role of individual characteristics, institutions and credit conditions
Bover, Olympia; Casado, Jose Maria; Villanueva, Ernesto; … - Banco de España - 2013
the main mortgage. Second, we examine the role of legal and economic institutions in accounting for these differences. We … youngest group of households borrow lower amounts (conditional on borrowing), and the mortgage interest rates paid by low …
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Determinants of default ratios in the segment of loans to households in Spain
Blanco, Roberto; Gimeno, Ricardo - Banco de España - 2012
In this paper we present the estimation results of a dynamic panel data model that explains the dynamic behaviour of default ratios in Spain for loans extended to the household sector. We estimate the models for two alternative definitions of default and for two different loan categories. The...
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Why do spanish firms rarely use the bankruptcy system? The role of the mortgage institution
García-Posada, Miguel; Mora-Sanguinetti, Juan S. - Banco de España - 2012
the Spanish bankruptcy system relative to that of an alternative insolvency institution, the mortgage system, and the …
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Insolvency institutions and efficiency: the Spanish case
García-Posada, Miguel - Banco de España - 2013
, namely the mortgage system, mean that firms and their creditors mainly deal with credit provision and eventual insolvency … through the latter. However, in order to use the mortgage system, some firms must overinvest in capital assets (real estate …, equipment) since those are the assets that can be pledged as mortgage collateral. This overinvestment leads to productive …
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Are there alternatives to bankruptcy? a study of small business distress in Spain
García-Posada, Miguel; Mora-Sanguinetti, Juan S. - Banco de España - 2013
main alternative procedure, the mortgage foreclosure; (ii) personal bankruptcy law is unattractive to the individual debtor …
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Analysis of house prices in Spain
Pagés, Jorge Martínez; Maza, Luis Ángel - Banco de España - 2003
House prices in Spain have shown one of the biggest cumulative growth rates among the OECD countries over the past five years and, indeed, over a more extensive period. This paper focuses on analysing this development and its possible determinants. The evidence provided suggests income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004965252
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House prices and rents in Spain: does the discount factor matter?
Ayuso, Juan; Restoy, Fernando - Banco de España - 2006
We estimate alternative price to rent ratios in the Spanish housing market by considering different stochastic discount factors in present value models similar to those used in the financial literature but where the higher rigidity that characterises this market is taken into account. We...
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The effects of the introduction of tax incentives on retirement savings
Ayuso, Juan; Jimeno, Juan F.; Villanueva, Ernesto - Banco de España - 2007
This paper uses a Spanish panel of tax returns and another on household expenditure during the period 1985-1991 to examine the incidence of the introduction in 1988 of tax incentives to retirement savings on contributions to pension funds and on savings. We first identify the population cohorts...
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