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Irrational Exuberance in the U.S. Housing Market
Crowe, Christopher W. - 2009
The recent housing bust has reignited interest in psychological theories of speculative excess (Shiller, 2007). I investigate this issue by identifying a segment of the U.S. population-evangelical protestants-that may be less prone to speculative motives, and uncover a significant negative...
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Latin America : vulnerabilities under construction?
Cubeddu, Luis; Tovar, Camilo Ernesto; Tsounta, Evridiki - 2012
This paper documents developments in mortgage credit and the housing sector in Latin America over the past decade, and … compares them with those of other emerging economies. In particular, it examines the real estate and mortgage markets to assess … whether (i) growth in mortgage credit is excessive compared to long-term trends; (ii) trends in house prices reflect changes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009620961
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The Pricing-Out Phenomenon in the U.S. Housing Market
Beraldi, Francesco - 2023
equilibrium model and show that although monetary easing decreases the mortgage payment burden, it would raise house prices, lower …
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Calibrating Macroprudential Policies in Europe Amid Rising Housing Market Vulnerability
Valderrama, Laura - 2023
Housing market developments are in the spotlight in Europe. Over-stretched valuations amid tightening financial conditions and a cost-of-living crisis have increased risks of a sustained downturn and exposed challenging trade-offs for macroprudential policy between ensuring financial system...
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Global housing cycles
Igan, Deniz; Loungani, Prakash - 2012
Housing cycles and their impact on the financial system and the macroeconomy have become the center of attention following the global financial crisis. This paper documents the characteristics of housing cycles in a large set of countries, and examines the determinants of house price movements....
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Exposure to Real Estate Losses; Evidence from the US Banks
Pinheiro, Marcelo; Igan, Deniz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
mortgage interest rate leads to a 20 percent decrease in a typical bank's distance to default. Finally, we look at the cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541450
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How to Deal with Real Estate Booms; Lessons From Country Experiences
Rabanal, Pau; Crowe, Christopher W.; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The financial crisis showed, once again, that neglecting real estate booms can have disastrous consequences. In this paper, we spell out the circumstances under which a more active policy agenda on this front would be justified. Then, we offer tentative insights on the pros and cons as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019603
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The Housing Cycle in Emerging Middle Eastern Economies and its Macroeconomic Policy Implications
Beidas-Strom, Samya; Lian, Weicheng; Maseeh, Ashwaq - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
past two decades. It finds that (i) mortgage markets have experienced rapid development, which has led to lower private per …
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Is There a Novelty Premium on New Financial Instruments? The Argentine Experience with GDP-Indexed Warrants
Ricci, Luca Antonio - 2008
This paper examines the Argentine experience with GDP-indexed warrants in order to gauge the existence of a novelty premium on new financial instruments. It develops a Monte Carlo pricing exercise to calculate the expected net present value of payments, on the basis of various forecast...
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An Investigation of Some Macro-Financial Linkages of Securitization
Long, Xin - 2009
Policy-makers have attributed the scale of the credit crisis and its profound impact on money markets (as well as financial sector stability) to the fast rise of securitization and the way it has arguably complicated both the conduct of monetary policy and the effect of interest rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677712