This paper studies the effects of collateral quality shocks on house prices, the price-rent ratio, and the macroeconomy in a dynamic general equilibrium model with housing collateral. Collateral quality is not as perfect as is typically assumed in the existing literature on collateral...

Contrary to the traditional assumption of interest rates on government debt exceeding economic growth, negative interest-growth differentials have become prevalent since the global financial crisis. As these differentials are a key determinant of public debt dynamics, can we sleep more soundly,...