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We analyze the effect of import competition on household balance sheets from 2000 to 2007 using individual data on consumer finances. We exploit variation in exposure to foreign competition using industry-level shipping costs and initial differences in regions' industry specialization. We show...
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A linear fixed effects statistical model is used to study variations in foreclosure rates across metropolitan statistical areas in the Fifth Federal Reserve District. We find that variations in local labor market conditions and house prices do a remarkable job of capturing variation in...
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novel micro datasets with near-universal coverage of UK mortgages and employment. I estimate that a reduction in mortgage …-tradable businesses the following year. But the spatial distribution of mortgage and labour market structures resulted in significant …
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We estimate the long-run effects of the 1930s Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) redlining maps by linking children in the full count 1940 Census to 1) the universe of IRS tax data in 1974 and 1979 and 2) the long form 2000 Census. We use two identification strategies to estimate the potential...
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We assess the credit market impact of allowing mortgage "strip-down" as a foreclosure-prevention measure, where strip …-term reduction in mortgage interest rates and a small, short-term increase in mortgage approval rates, but no long-term effects, and … the circuit court decisions did not consistently affect mortgage terms. These results suggest that strip-down would be an …
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