This paper examines the role of liability for past environmental contamination in the privatization processes of …

) differences in the liability of the lender and the borrower for losses; and (ii) differences in the information available to the …

We use survey data to study American households’ propensity to default when the value of their mortgage exceeds the … value of their house even if they can afford to pay their mortgage (strategic default). We find that 26% of the existing … the house. Yet, 17% of households would default, even if they can afford to pay their mortgage, when the equity shortfall …

How do credit standards on the mortgage market affect neighbourhood choice and the resulting level of urban segregation …-2006 mortgage credit boom on the level of school segregation. Census tract racial composition is strongly correlated with the racial … composition of the 10 closest schools in the cross section. Matching a national data set of mortgage originations with annual …