Agarwal, Sumit; Ben-David, Itzhak; Yao, Wenxiong - 2016
borrower types and provides better pricing. We test the effectiveness of a specific set of contracts in the mortgage market …: mortgage points. Points allow borrowers to exchange an upfront amount for a decrease in the mortgage rate. We document that, on … mistakes on other dimensions (e.g., inefficiently refinancing their mortgages). Overall, our results show that borrowers …