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Systematic monetary policy and the macroeconomic effects of shifts in loan-to-value ratios
Bachmann, Ruediger; Rüth, Sebastian - 2017
What are the macroeconomic consequences of changing aggregate lending standards in residential mortgage markets, as … instrument, and, as a result, mortgage rates increase and residential investment declines. The monetary policy reaction function …. Without the endogenous monetary policy reaction residential investment increases. House prices and household (mortgage) debt …
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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 …
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Who gains from better access to credit? : credit reform and reallocation of resources
Arnold, Jens Matthias; Flach, Lisandra - 2017
Brazil's 2005 bankruptcy law reform strengthened creditor protection, resulting in a substantial acceleration of credit expansion and business investment growth. In this paper, we go beyond average effects and examine to what extent the pro-creditor reform affected the allocation of resources...
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Do banks pass through credit expansions? : the marginal profitability of consumer lending during the Great Recession
Agarwal, Sumit; Chomsisengphet, Souphala; Mahoney, Neale; … - 2015
We examine the ability of policymakers to stimulate household borrowing and spending during the Great Recession by reducing banks' cost of funds. Using panel data on 8.5 million U.S. credit card accounts and 743 credit limit regression discontinuities, we estimate the marginal propensity to...
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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....
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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 …
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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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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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House prices, local demand, and retail prices
Stroebel, Johannes; Vavra, Joseph - 2015 - This draft: August 2015
We use detailed micro data to document a causal response of local retail price to changes in house prices, with elasticities of 15%-20% across housing booms and busts. Notably, these price responses are largest in zip codes with many homeowners, and non-existent in zip codes with mostly renters....
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On the cyclicity of regional house prices : new evidence for US metropolitan statistical areas
Flor, Michael A.; Klarl, Torben - 2015
This paper is mainly concerned with the analysis of regional house price cycles. Based on a newly available data set consisting of the 40 largest U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), we introduce a wavelet transform based metric to study the housing cycle synchronization across MSAs. We...
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