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This paper uses a structural model to show that foreclosures played a crucial role in exacerbating the recent housing bust and to analyze foreclosure mitigation policy. We consider a dynamic search model in which foreclosures freeze the market for non-foreclosures and reduce price and sales...
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We document the portfolio activity of federal housing agencies and provide evidence on its impact on mortgage markets and the economy. Through a narrative analysis, we identify historical policy changes leading to expansions or contractions in agency mortgage holdings. Based on those regulatory...
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Is there a link between loose monetary conditions, credit growth, house price booms, and financial instability? This paper analyzes the role of interest rates and credit in driving house price booms and busts with data spanning 140 years of modern economic history in the advanced economies. We...
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This paper unveils a new resource for macroeconomic research: a long-run dataset covering disaggregated bank credit for 17 advanced economies since 1870. The new data show that the share of mortgages on banks' balance sheets doubled in the course of the 20th century, driven by a sharp rise of...
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In this chapter, we review and discuss the large body of research that has developed over the past 10-plus years that explores the interconnection of macroeconomics, finance, and housing. We focus on three major topics -- housing and the business cycle, housing and portfolio choice, and housing...
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ansteigender Exporte und Industrieproduktion stabilisiert sich die Investitionstätigkeit in Deutschland nur auf dem gegenwärtigen …
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einer Defizitquote von 0,5 Prozent des BIP ist der Staatshaushalt in Deutschland im Jahr 2012 nahezu ausgeglichen. …
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mehr als ausgeglichen. Außerdem gehen die Investitionen in Deutschland deutlich zurück. Die Konsumkonjunktur profitiert … Außenhandel und eine flacher werdende Konsumdynamik bremsen das Wachstumstempo in Deutschland ab. Im Jahr 2013 wird das reale … nahezu ausgeglichener Staatshaushalt in Deutschland erreicht. …
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anziehende Konjunktur fördert auch die Rückführung des Staatsdefizits. Im Jahr 2012 wird es sich in Deutschland auf 1 Prozent und …
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A proposed explanation for why business creation is often found to increase in recessions is that there are two components to entrepreneurship - "opportunity" and "necessity" - the latter of which is mostly counter-cyclical. Although there is some agreement on the conceptual distinction between...
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