This study investigated the effect of objective and subjective financial literacy on mortgage payment delinquency using …

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 …

mortgage is therefore critical to financial well-being but households often make costly mistakes. We collect data in an online … survey to test borrowers' comfort with, and understanding of, mortgage debt. We analyze the impact of financial literacy …, mortgage broker advice and whether the loan is framed as a lump sum debt or an equivalent stream of repayments. We conjecture …