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The objective of this paper to investigate the effectiveness of credit easing policy in mitigating the economic fallout from a financial recession using a model that can account for the observed default and leverage dynamics during the financial crisis of 2007. A general equilibrium model is...
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We construct an overlapping generations macroeconomic model with which to study the causes, consequences and remedies to ‘credit traps' — prolonged periods of stagnant real activity accompanied by low productivity, financial sector undercapitalisation, and the misallocation of credit. In our...
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This study provides new evidence on the impact of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on mortgage lending by taking …
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The commercial real estate market is pro-cyclical. This feature, together with the relative size of the industry and the large capital inflows, has made this sector relevant for financial stability. Using a novel loan level data set covering the commercial real estate portfolios of Dutch banks...
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subprime crisis, the CRA was accused of having promoted risky lending. This paper estimates the effect of the CRA on mortgage … redefinitions of Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2003. The CRA caused a substantial increase in mortgage lending, especially among …
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Adequate credit availability for small businesses is an important public policy issue because small businesses are essential for employment and economic growth for the economy. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 includes a provision that could potentially support financial institutions in the...
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The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) encourages banks to expand mortgage lending in the communities in which they have … regulation forced banks to lower their credit standards and engage in riskier mortgage products in order to extend credit to … lower-income individuals, who perhaps should not have received such loans. However, data provided by the Home Mortgage …
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We estimate the impact of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on small business lending in lower-income neighborhoods. Using 2004-2016 panel data on census tracts, we apply a combined regression discontinuity and fixed effect method. We find that the number of small business loans increases by...
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mortgage credit instrument could alleviate a portion of this gap and aid market access by providing between 1,100 and 5 …
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Adequate credit availability for small businesses is an important public policy issue because small businesses are essential for employment and economic growth for the economy. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 includes a provision that could potentially support financial institutions in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991395