is affected by a mortgage pricing convention that underestimates co-borrowers' actual creditworthiness. Specifically, we … variation across time in mortgage rates to confirm that the difference in prepayment incidence exists only during a period of … declining mortgage rates. At an aggregate level, we find that geographic areas with higher concentration of co-borrowers are …

We explore the impact of mortgage securitization on the international diversification of macroeconomic risk. By making … mortgage-related risks internationally tradeable, securitization contributes considerably to better international consumption … risk sharing: we find that countries with the most highly developed markets for securitized mortgage debt have consumption …

misleading investors with respect to the default risk on mortgage backed securities (MBS). This paper argues that, to the … detriment of investors, the CRA did not incorporate information available to securitizers in their ratings of subprime mortgage … Moody's Investor Services projections of loss for these mortgage pools. The percent of principal balances rated triple-A is …

During the recent housing recession and financial crisis, mortgage modification has been heavily promoted by government …