Resumen: El presente trabajo intenta encontrar una causa exógena al deterioro, a partir de 2005, en los estándares de crédito hipotecario que contribuyeron a la crisis subprime en los Estados Unidos. Sostenemos que la nueva provisión de la prueba de medios de la ley Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) de 2005 fue dicho shock exógeno en el mercado hipotecario. Mostramos que la prueba de medios, que impide solicitar la bancarrota bajo Chapter 7 a los deudores con mayores ingresos relativos, causó un desplazamiento de la oferta de crédito hipotecario de deudores con mayores ingresos a deudores con menores ingresos relativos. Simultáneamente, observamos que todos los deudores debieron pagar tasas de interés más alta...
Mortgage foreclosures are at an all-time high and property values in many parts of the country have ...
From 1980 to 2004, the number of personal bankruptcy filings in the United States increased more tha...
The subprime mortgage lending crisis and the decline in housing values has profoundly affected the w...
Resumen: El presente trabajo intenta encontrar una causa exógena al deterioro, a partir de 2005, en ...
Using a comprehensive panel data set on U.S. households, we study the effects of the 2005 Bankruptcy...
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
Incluye bibliografíaDo laws to protect borrowers curb foreclosures? This question is addressed by an...
This paper studies the relationship between the recent boom and current delinquencies in the subprim...
This paper links the current subprime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated w...
This paper links the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis to demand-side factors that contributed to the ra...
This paper discusses four bankruptcy-related policy issues. First, what is the economic rationale fo...
The role of bankruptcy law in credit markets has received renewed attention in the aftermath of the ...
Did US bankruptcy laws exacerbate the housing crisis? This column says that a 2005 reform that made ...
Just three years ago, Congress enacted controversial amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. The proponen...
Recent proposals to address housing market troubles through principal modification could increase th...
Mortgage foreclosures are at an all-time high and property values in many parts of the country have ...
From 1980 to 2004, the number of personal bankruptcy filings in the United States increased more tha...
The subprime mortgage lending crisis and the decline in housing values has profoundly affected the w...
Resumen: El presente trabajo intenta encontrar una causa exógena al deterioro, a partir de 2005, en ...
Using a comprehensive panel data set on U.S. households, we study the effects of the 2005 Bankruptcy...
For over a century, bankruptcy has been the primary legal mechanism for resolving consumer financial...
Incluye bibliografíaDo laws to protect borrowers curb foreclosures? This question is addressed by an...
This paper studies the relationship between the recent boom and current delinquencies in the subprim...
This paper links the current subprime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated w...
This paper links the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis to demand-side factors that contributed to the ra...
This paper discusses four bankruptcy-related policy issues. First, what is the economic rationale fo...
The role of bankruptcy law in credit markets has received renewed attention in the aftermath of the ...
Did US bankruptcy laws exacerbate the housing crisis? This column says that a 2005 reform that made ...
Just three years ago, Congress enacted controversial amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. The proponen...
Recent proposals to address housing market troubles through principal modification could increase th...
Mortgage foreclosures are at an all-time high and property values in many parts of the country have ...
From 1980 to 2004, the number of personal bankruptcy filings in the United States increased more tha...
The subprime mortgage lending crisis and the decline in housing values has profoundly affected the w...