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This paper studies a household's optimal demand for a reverse mortgage. These contracts allow homeowners to tap their … home equity to finance consumption needs. In stylized frameworks, we show that the decision to enter a reverse mortgage is … reduces the risky portfolio share and is more likely to enter a reverse mortgage. On the other hand, if there is a large drop …
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Stocks are exposed to the risk of sudden downward jumps. Additionally, a crash in one stock (or index) can increase the risk of crashes in other stocks (or indices). Our paper explicitly takes this contagion risk into account and studies its impact on the portfolio decision of a CRRA investor...
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This paper studies a household's optimal demand for a reverse mortgage. These contracts allow homeowners to tap their … home equity to finance consumption needs. In stylized frameworks, we show that the decision to enter a reverse mortgage is … reduces the risky portfolio share and is more likely to enter a reverse mortgage. On the other hand, if there is a large drop …
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, and (ii) monetary policy is the most effective tool for decreasing mortgage defaults and increasing aggregate home prices … in contrast to alternative government fiscal policies designed to loosen mortgage credit …
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mortgage defaults and increasing aggregate home prices in contrast to alternative government fiscal policies designed to loosen … mortgage credit …
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