Home ownership increases the incentive to maintain property and neighborhood, as well as decreasing the outflow of rents from low-income zones. However, these benefits are not costless to homeowners. With a mortgage comes the possibility of default, the financial demands of maintenance, a...

This paper examines governance explanations for the discount of preferred shares to common shares in th

This article addresses the issue of how closely the fortunes of suburbs are

Prior to the announcement of a tender offer, the bidding firm is legally allowed to acquire shares in the open market, subject to some limitations. These pre-announcement purchases are known as toeholds. This paper presents a simple model that describes the bidder's optimal toehold acquisition...

This paper presents a model in which asymmetric information and extreme uncertainty lead to the exclusive use of equity and riskless debt for small business financing. The paper derives these results without any restrictions on the available contract space, the distribution function governing a...

This paper examines governance explanations for the discount of

This paper presents a model of a mature city that depends upon the rehabilitation of old home sites for new housing. Within the model housing returns, housing construction, mortgage loan terms, and household maintenance behavior are all endogenous. The model?s premise is that the value of a...

Home equity is the single largest component of household wealth for the majority of American households. Yet, there is virtually no way for the average family to insure itself against drops in home value and the ensuing destructive financial loss. Much of U.S. housing policy has focused on...

A cross-sectional analysis of all trading suspensions that occurred during the period 1974-1988 in the New York Stock Exchange reveals that though the desire to maintain price continuity remains an important motivation to suspend trade, inventory imbalance fears are pronounced for large firms....

Nearly any standard financial model concludes that two assets with identical cash flows must sell for the same price. Alas, closed-end mutual fund company share prices seem to violate this fundamental tenant. Even when one considers several standard frictions, such as taxes and agency costs,...