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Author Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni, author.

Title Credit Booms and Lending Standards : Evidence from the Subprime Mortgage Market / prepared by Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Deniz Igan, and Luc Laeven
Published Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008
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Description 1 online resource (37 pages)
Series IMF working paper ; WP/08/106
IMF working paper ; WP/08/106.
Contents I. Introduction; II. Related Literature; III. Data and Descriptive Statistics; IV. Empirical Methodology; V. Empirical Findings; A. Effects of Changes in the Pool of Applicant Borrowers; B. Identification and Robustness Issues; C. Sensitivity Analysis: Time and Size Effects; D. Effects of Entry and Changes in Market Structure; E. Alternative Proxies for Lending Standards; F. Effects of Loan Sales; VI. Discussion and Conclusions; References; Tables; 1. Coverage in HMDA; 2. Definitions and Sources of Variables; 3. Summary Statistics; 4. Evolution of Denial Rates
5. Determinants of Denial Decision6. Prediction Errors; 7. Robustness; 8. Time and Size Effects; 9. Market and Boom Size; 10. Market Entry and Denial Rates of Incumbents in Prime and Subprime Markets; 11. Alternative Measures of Lending Standards; 12. Securitization, Lending Standards, and Mortgage Market Expansion; Figures; 1. House Prices and Credit Booms; 2. Subprime Mortgage Boom Across the Nation; 3. House Prices and Credit Boom; 4. Lending Standards and Subprime Credit Boom
Summary This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying market structure mattered, with entry of new, large lenders triggering declines in lending standards by incumbent banks. Finally, lending standards declined more in areas with higher mortgage securitization rates. The results are consistent with theoretical predictions from recent financial accelerator models based on asymmetric information, and shed light on the relationship between credit booms and financial instability
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Credit -- United States
Credit -- United States -- Econometric models
Moral hazard -- United States -- Econometric models
Credit
Credit -- Econometric models
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Laeven, Luc, author.
Igan, Deniz, author.
International Monetary Fund.
ISBN 1451914210
9781451914214
OTHER TI IMF eLibrary