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Explaining fluctuations in the thrift savings fund daily balance at U.S. treasury
Skidmore, Mark; Alvayay Torrejón, Camila; Pare, David - 2021
In this paper we document and examine unusual fluctuations in the G-Fund, which is one of five funds available in a voluntary federal government employee retirement savings vehicle called the Thrift Savings Plan. The G-Fund is managed as "internally" held debt by the United States Department of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514922
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Redistribution with performance pay
Doligalski, Pawel; Ndiaye, Abdoulaye; Werquin, Nicolas - 2020
Half of the jobs in the U.S. feature pay-for-performance. We study nonlinear income taxation in a model where such contracts arise in private labor markets that are constrained by moral hazard frictions. We derive novel formulas for the incidence of arbitrarily nonlinear reforms of a given tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212848
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Mortgage-related bank penalties and systemic risk among U.S. banks
Brož, Václav; Kočenda, Evžen - 2021
We analyze link between mortgage-related regulatory penalties levied on banks and the level of systemic risk in the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697108
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On the optimal design of disaster insurance in a federation
Goodspeed, Timothy J. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462223
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Banking regulation and prompt corrective action
Freixas, Xavier (contributor); Parigi, Bruno (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003623813
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Financial constraints and moral hazard : the case of franchising
Fan, Ying; Kühn, Kai-Uwe; Lafontaine, Francine - 2013
Financial constraints are an important impediment to the growth of small businesses. We study theoretically and empirically how the financial constraints of agents affect their decisions to exert effort, and, hence the organizational decisions and growth of principals, in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010210716
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Using bankruptcy to reduce foreclosures : does strip-down of mortgages affect the supply of mortgage credit?
Li, Wenli; Ishani, Tewari; White, Michelle J. - 2014 - Current version: February 2014
We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down" as a foreclosure-prevention measure, where strip …-term reduction in mortgage interest rates and a small, short-term increase in mortgage approval rates, but no long-term effects, and … the circuit court decisions did not consistently affect mortgage terms. These results suggest that strip-down would be an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337629
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Costantini, Mauro; Paradiso, … - 2012
In this paper we examine the role of mortgage equity withdrawal in explaining the decline of the US saving rate, since … when house prices rise and mortgage rates are low, homeowners have an incentive to withdraw housing equity and this may … withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571747
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Supply restrictions, subprime lending and regional US house prices
Anundsen, André Kallåk; Heebøll, Christian - 2015
, mortgage credit constraints and a price-to-price feedback loop affects house price volatility. Considering 247 Metropolitan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488113
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Regional heterogeneity, the rise of public debt and monetary policy in post-bubbles Japan : lessons for the EMU
Fischer, Raphael; Schnabl, Gunther - 2016
Both Japan and parts of the European Monetary Union have experienced boom and bust in stock and real estate markets, which have been followed by a lasting crisis. The paper analyses the role of a high degree of regional heterogeneity for public debt and monetary policy in the context of crisis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476067