We present a dynamic structural model of subprime adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) borrowers making payment decisions … the model using unique data sets that contain information on borrowers' mortgage payment history, their broad balance … the delinquency rates. We find that automatic modification mortgage designs under which the monthly payment or the …

€“expectations about the path of future house prices – affects the size and timing of provisions for first-lien residential mortgage …

We provide new evidence that credit supply shifts contributed to the U.S. subprime mortgage boom and bust. We collect … original data on both government and private mortgage insurance premiums from 1999-2016, and document that prior to 2008 …