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of higher PU, banks make more loan loss provisions. This positive association is more pronounced for banks that were … previously less prudent in their risk-taking and loan loss reserving, indicating that less prudent banks are more adversely … the role of loan loss provisions as a signal of expected loan losses. Overall, our paper offers insight into how, in the …
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expected losses, as reflected in loan loss allowances, we establish a theoretical link to asset volatility. We document a … sensitivity regarding loan loss allowances has been insufficient, at least since the financial crisis …
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loss provisions for 22 major developed countries over the 2008-2017 period. Design/methodology/approach - The study used … the Pearson correlation methodology to assess the correlation between EPU, bank nonperforming loans and loan loss … provisions. Findings - The findings reveal that EPU is negatively correlated with nonperforming loans and loan loss provisions in …
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This paper uses loan-level data to investigate heterogeneity in loan prepayment incidence, and argues that refinancing is affected by a mortgage pricing convention that underestimates co-borrowers' actual creditworthiness. Specifically, we find a substantial difference in prepayment incidence...
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significant dispersion in the probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) assigned by different banks to the same …
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This paper analyses the risk and return of loans portfolios in a joint setting. I develop a model to obtain the distribution of loans returns. I use this model to describe the investment opportunity set of lenders using mean-variance analysis with a Value at Risk constraint. I also obtain closed...
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The 2011--2013 rule-making process for the regulation of qualified mortgages was correlated with a reduction in mortgage lending. In this article, we document this correlation at the bank level. Using a novel measure of banks' perception of regulatory uncertainty, we offer suggestive evidence...
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We document that banks reduce supply of jumbo mortgage loans when policy uncertainty increases in their headquarter states as measured by the timing of US gubernatorial elections. The reduction is larger for term-limited elections and close elections. We utilize high-frequency, geographically...
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We show that banks reduce the supply of jumbo mortgage loans when policy uncertainty increases, as measured by the timing of US gubernatorial elections in banks' headquarter states. We use high-frequency, geographically granular loan-level data to address an identification problem arising from...
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This paper examines consistency in the estimates of probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) that nine …
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