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without making strong assumptions. Results from another three countries (Canada, Chile and the United States) corroborate the …
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We build a model of the mortgage market where banks attain their optimal mortgage portfolio by setting rates and … steering customers. Sophisticated households know which mortgage type is best for them; naive households are susceptible to … implications of steering. The average cost of the distortion is equivalent to 16% of the annual mortgage payment. A financial …
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We build a model of the mortgage market where banks attain their optimal mortgage portfolio by setting rates and … "steering" customers. "Sophisticated" households know which mortgage type is best for them, while "naïve" ones are susceptible …
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Using credit register data for loans to Italian firms we test for the presence of asymmetric information in the securitization market by looking at the correlation between the securitization (risk-transfer) and the default (accident) probability. We can disentangle the adverse selection from the...
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Using all loans granted to firms recorded in the Italian credit register, we estimate correlations between risk-transfer and default probabilities to gauge the severity of informational asymmetries in the loan securitization market. First, the analysis confirms the presence of information...
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Using credit register data for loans to Italian firms we test for the presence of asymmetric information in the securitization market by looking at the correlation between the securitization (risk-transfer) and the default (accident) probability. We can disentangle the adverse selection from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966394
This study gives an overview of recent innovations in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. While SMEs are an important contributor to employment and gross domestic product in Asia, they often face significant credit constraints. Recently, in the context of Asia's...
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We study how relationship lending and transaction lending vary over the business cycle. We develop a model in which relationship banks gather information on their borrowers, which allows them to provide loans for profitable firms during a crisis. Due to the services they provide, operating costs...
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We study how relationship lending and transaction lending vary over the business cycle. We develop a model in which relationship banks gather information on their borrowers, which allows them to provide loans for profitable firms during a crisis. Due to the services they provide, operating costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013062240