Unequal and Unstable: Income Inequality and Bank Risk
Abstract We present a model in which income inequality interacts with banks' risk‐taking incentives, generating financial instability. Competition and deposit insurance cause some banks to lend to lower‐income borrowers at underpriced rates, creating “risky banks” that fail in downturns, while others lend to higher‐income borrowers and avoid default ...
YULIYAN MITKOV, ULRICH SCHÜWER
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AICO: Feature significance tests for supervised learning. [PDF]
Giesecke K, Horel E, Jirachotkulthorn C.
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Quantitative Tightening Around the Globe: What Have We Learned?
Abstract We use recent cross‐country experiences to assess the impact of shrinking central bank balance sheets through quantitative tightening (QT). QT announcements increase government bond yields, steepening the yield curve and potentially signaling a greater commitment to raising policy interest rates, but have more limited effects on most other ...
WENXIN DU +2 more
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Mortgage discrimination at the intersection of race and sexual orientation and its association with HIV incidence among sexual minority men in the U.S. [PDF]
Moon KJ +12 more
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Abstract A deficiency in financial knowledge often precipitates costly financial choices, affecting consumers' behavior and decision‐making. We delve into how financial acumen influences borrower discouragement by utilizing data from the U.S. Federal Reserve's Survey of Household Economics and Decision‐Making (2017–2022). Discouraged borrower describes
Anoosheh Rostamkalaei +2 more
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Dynamic interdependence between consumer confidence and housing prices: Evidence from bootstrap rolling window causality tests. [PDF]
Guan Y, Su C, Wang Y.
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The Evolution of Interest‐Rate Models: From the Yield Curve to the Swaption Cube
ABSTRACT Interest‐rate modelling is often taught as a catalogue of competing stochastic equations, obscuring why models were created and why modern sell‐side desks use several simultaneously. This survey reorganises the field around five layers of a pricing architecture: curve construction; arbitrage‐free dynamics; volatility‐smile representation ...
Xuan Feng +2 more
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Race, Crime, and Lending Risk in Chicago: The Relevance of Crime and Disorder for HOLC's Neighborhood Assessments. [PDF]
Evans M.
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Longevity, Health, and Housing Risk Management in Retirement
ABSTRACT Annuities, long‐term care insurance, and reverse mortgages remain puzzlingly unpopular to manage post‐retirement longevity, health, and housing price risks. We use a flexible life‐cycle model structurally estimated with a unique stated‐preference survey experiment of Canadian households to understand why. Key factors include high risk aversion,
PIERRE‐CARL MICHAUD, PASCAL ST‐AMOUR
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Methodologic Strategies for Quantifying Associations of Historical and Contemporary Mortgage Discrimination on Population Health Equity: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Edwards JR +6 more
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