This paper analyzes the performance of low income and minority mortgages (LIMMs) from a large sample of fixed rate conventional conforming mortgages. We test the extent to which exercise of prepayment and default options differ across groups. In particular, we test the extent to which options...

This paper models the structure of a financial market that is composed of two types of institutions, banks and securities or secondary markets. The model analyzes the development of the securities market as a way of trading off its lower cost of securitization with adverse selection due to...