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On December 16th of 2015, the Fed initiated "liftoff," raising the federal funds rate range by 25 basis points and ending a 7-year regime of near-zero rates. We use a unique dataset of 640,000 loan-hour observations to measure the impact of liftoff on interest rates in the peer-to-peer lending...
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subprime mortgage expansion. We combine loan-level data on the performance of non-prime securitized mortgages with individual … disparate treatment from race and ethnicity on rate-setting behavior across the most popular subprime mortgage products. In …
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willingness of originators to initiate loans. Since the supply of loanable funds is larger, mortgage rates are lower than would …
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resolution of the mortgage arrears crisis in Ireland. Using a large and close to exhaustive panel data set of Irish mortgages … legacy effects of the crisis in explaining recent entry to arrears, the role of mortgage modification in the reduction in … Irish mortgage market. …
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Empirical research on the causes of financial crises has grown in recent decades. Early work, such as that by Kaminsky and Reinhart, helped establish the link between asset prices and banking crises. While this initial research focused on equity prices, subsequent research expanded the analysis...
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We analyze link between mortgage-related regulatory penalties levied on banks and the level of systemic risk in the U …
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We provide new evidence that credit supply shifts contributed to the U.S. subprime mortgage boom and bust. We collect … original data on both government and private mortgage insurance premiums from 1999-2016, and document that prior to 2008 …
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Policymakers have expressed concern that some mortgage holders do not understand or correctly choose their mortgage … products, especially alternative mortgage products (AMPs) with back-loaded payments. Using a specially design question module … standard repayment mortgage. We show poor financial literacy and present bias raise the likelihood of choosing an AMP …
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Today, roughly 60 percent of home loans are done through mortgage brokers, who negotiate their fees one-on-one with …
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Nowadays Italian borrowers can choose among a variety of mortgage contracts. Using a special Bank of Italy survey on … effect among banks in providing differentiated mortgage contracts …
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