Brueckner, Jan K.; Conklin, James N.; Coulson, N. Edward; … - 2023
, which includes credit impairment and possible guilt, repayment of an underwater mortgage is a wealth-maximizing strategy … studies of default: the magnitude of home equity and the borrower's credit score, which captures default cost. An increase in …, the paper also generates an estimate of the magnitude of default cost, showing that it rises with borrower credit …