This paper provides new evidence regarding public opinion on immigration by studying the Spanish case, and by analyzing …

This paper estimates a simple univariate model of expectation or opinion formation in continuous time adapting a … 'canonical' stochastic model of collective opinion dynamics (Weidlich and Haag, 1983; Lux, 1995, 2007). This framework is applied … for a slight superiority of the canonical opinion dynamics model over the alternatives in the majority of cases. …

representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …

This paper analyses some fiscal aspects of mortgage debt in the EU. It first describes the main fiscal instruments that … governments use to affect mortgage-financed home-ownership. In the empirical part, real mortgage debt growth is analysed for 15 EU … for mortgage debt growth are house prices, financial deregulation, and stock markets while the effects of household income …

In a recent set of influential papers, researchers have argued that residential mortgage foreclosures reduce the sale … mortgage distress on house prices. …

done to stop it. We use an economic model to focus on two key decisions: the borrower's choice to default on a mortgage and … illustrate that unaffordable loans, defined as those with high mortgage payments relative to income at origination, are unlikely …

means of past mortgage deliquency rates. We give a statistical evidence that the non-normal model is much more suitable than …

In a recent set of influential papers, researchers have argued that residential mortgage foreclosures reduce the sale … mortgage distress on house prices. …