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During the Great Recession, the collapse of consumption across the U.S. varied greatly but systematically with house-price declines. We find that financial distress among U.S. households amplified the sensitivity of consumption to house-price shocks. We uncover two essential facts: (1) the...
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down payments, the life-cycle profile of home ownership, and the mortgage default rate. In addition, we show that the …
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The last decade has brought about substantial mortgage innovation and increased refinancing. The objective of the paper … is to understand the determinants and implications of mortgage choice in the context of general equilibrium model with … incomplete markets. The equilibrium characterization allows us to study the impact of mortgage financing decisions in the …
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Using a model with housing search, endogenous credit constraints, and mortgage default, this paper accounts for the …
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