Download or read book Risk based Pricing of Interest Rates in Household Loan Markets written by Wendy Edelberg and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk based Pricing of Interest in Household Loan Markets written by Wendy Edelberg and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Household Credit Usage written by B. W. Ambrose and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-29 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to growing interest in household finance, this collection of essays with a foreword by John Y. Campbell, studies household and consumer use of credit instruments. It shows how individual consumers and households utilize various credit alternatives in managing their consumption and savings and suggests areas for future research.
Download or read book Essays in Household Finance written by Natalie Cox Cox and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of technology by firms is changing the way insurance and lending markets function. I study the financial technology, or "fin-tech'', industry, which is characterized by a growing number of online lenders who use data on educational, employment, and financial outcomes to quickly assess the risk of prospective borrowers and offer individualized loan terms. In many ways, their financial "innovations'' can be thought of as movements towards more personalized products: interest rates that better reflect individuals' risk, payment plans that are tailored to individuals' monthly income and expenditures, and user-friendly interfaces that make financial decisions more intuitive and uncomplicated. On an individual level, as firms expand and customize product offerings, there is the potential for large efficiency gains. These innovations could also have wider implications for market structure; for example, if more accurate risk-based pricing creates clear winners and losers, it will change the distribution of consumer surplus. Advances in data-driven underwriting have both efficiency and equity implications for consumer lending markets where private and public credit options coexist. In the $1 trillion student loan market, private lenders now offer a growing distribution of risk-based interest rates, while the federally-run loan program sets a break-even, uniform interest rate. In my first chapter, I measure the overall gains in consumer surplus from such risk-based pricing and quantify the redistributional consequences of low-risk types refinancing out of the government pool into the private market. The empirical analysis is based on a unique applicant-level dataset from an online refinancing firm that contains information on loan terms, household balance sheets, and risk-based interest rates. I first leverage a series of firm-conducted interest rate experiments to estimate the sensitivity of borrowers' maturity and refinancing choices to interest rates. Using the maturity response, I then estimate a structural model of borrowers' repayment preferences. Using the estimated model, I show that comprehensive risk-based pricing generates large absolute gains in welfare of $480 per borrower relative to a break-even uniform price, and $400 relative to a coarser method of FICO-based pricing. If the federal pool conducts breakeven pricing, these efficiency gains come at a direct equity cost -- low risk surplus will increase on average by $2,300, while high risk surplus will fall by $2,100. In order to maintain access to the current uniform rate, the government would have to transition from break-even pricing to an average net subsidy of $2,080 per borrower. In the second chapter, I empirically analyze the fixed and variable rate decisions of borrowers who are financing large personal loans, and are given the option to switch rate types at any point. Many online lending firms now offer financial products that are more flexible and personalized than traditional loans; however, little is known about how consumers will interact with these more complete, but also more complex, contracts. Over my sample time period, the market index interest rate for the fixed and variable rate loans changed considerably. I first present reduced form evidence on the determinants of borrowers' initial rate decisions and the presence of switching costs, and then estimate a structural model that maps these findings to the coefficient of absolute risk aversion and a switching cost parameter. I compare the active and inactive rate choices of borrowers in different interest rate environments to separately identify switching costs from risk preferences.I show that while initial rate choices are very responsive to the prevailing interest rate environment, very few borrowers ever take advantage of the option to switch rate types even when interest rates increase. Specifically, I estimate a risk aversion parameter of .0564, which implies that borrowers are very risk averse, and lower and upper bounds on switching costs from $166 to $1,185. I also show that both the initial probability of choosing a variable rate loan and the probability of never switching are positively correlated with borrower liquidity constraints, which suggests that these borrowers are more focused on current monthly payments than future interest rate risk.
Download or read book Subprime Markets the Role of GSEs and Risk Based Pricing written by Kenneth M. Temkin and published by . This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the ideas & opinions of many subprime mortgage market participants observers on subprime borrowers, their default experience, & subprime lenders' underwriting practices. Representatives of lenders, trade associations, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, rating agencies & other market experts talked with the authors about the complex issues related to a larger GSE role in the subprime market. Chapters: what is subprime lending & who does it serve?; a brief history of subprime lending; underwriting & pricing practices; the GSEs & subprime lending: current & future roles; automated underwriting & risk-based pricing; automated underwriting systems in today's lending environment; & policy issues & recommendations.
Download or read book Risk Based Mortgage Pricing written by Alan M. White and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The policy debate surrounding predatory lending laws and the subprime mortgage market opposes two hypotheses. The first is that an efficient market is providing broader access to credit, offering mortgages with higher rates and fees to higher risk borrowers, and that prices relate directly to the added risk. The contrary hypothesis is that high interest rates and loan fees are charged in the subprime market well in excess of the risk-related costs. A number of readily observed facts about the subprime mortgage market support the opportunity pricing hypothesis. Existing research includes simple descriptive price information, papers inferring a correlation between high prices and high risk of credit loss from observed default rates, theoretical discussions to explain the observed pricing dispersion, and studies trying to determine whether laws that indirectly restrict mortgage prices have reduced the supply of mortgage credit. Information asymmetries, seller obfuscation and search costs contribute to the observed inefficiencies in this market, and suggest several policy responses.
Download or read book Racial Dispersion in Consumer Credit Interest Rates written by Wendy Edelberg and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Public Policy on Consumer Credit written by Thomas A. Durkin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As both the twenty-first century and the new millennium opened and the old eras passed into history, individuals and organizations throughout the world advanced their listings of the most significant people and events in their respective specialties. Possibly more important, the tum of the clock and calendar also offered these same observers a good reason to glance into the crystal ball. Presumably, the past is of greatest interest to most people when it permits better understanding of the present, and maybe even limited insight into the outlook. In keeping with the reflective mood of the time, the staff and friends of the Credit Research Center (CRC) at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business noted that the beginning of the new millennium also marked the beginning of the second quarter-century of the Center's existence. The Center began at the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University in 1974 and moved to the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in 1997. The silver anniversary of its founding offered the occasion for creating more than another listing of significant past accomplishments and milestones. Rather, it offered the opportunity and, indeed, a mandate for CRC as an academic research center, to undertake a retrospective and future look into the status of research questions pertaining to consumer credit markets. For this reason, the Center organized a research conference which was held in Washington, D. C.
Download or read book Moving Forward written by Nicolas P. Retsinas and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brookings Institution Press and Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies publication The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit market that have deep roots in the system's structure, conduct, and regulation. The time has come for a clear-eyed assessment of what happened and how the system should be strengthened and restructured. Such reform will have a profound and lasting impact on the capacity of Americans to use credit to build assets and finance consumption. Moving Forward explores what caused the crisis and, more important, focuses on the path ahead. The challenge remains the same as ever: protect consumers, ensure fairness, and guarantee soundness of the financial system without stifling innovation and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice. Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, and their colleagues aim to stimulate debate based on analysis of the opportunities and challenges presented by the various components of global capital markets: financial engineering, risk assessment and management, specialization of financial intermediation, and marketing methods. The contributors—leaders in business, government, academia, and the nonprofit sector—discuss new research and ideas about the future of credit markets, including how improvements might be shaped by industry leaders. Contributors: John Y. Campbell, Harvard University; Marsha J. Courchane, Charles River Associates; Ren Essene, Federal Reserve Board; Allen Fishbein, Federal Reserve Board; Howell E. Jackson, Harvard Law School; Melissa Koide, Center for Financial Services Innovation; Michael Lea, San Diego State University; Eugene Ludwig, Promontory Financial Group; Brigitte C. Madrian, Harvard Kennedy School; Nela Richardson, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University; Rachel Schneider, Center for Financial Services Innovation; Peter Tufano, Harvard Business School; Peter M. Zorn, Freddie Mac
Download or read book The Case for Deregulating Interest Rates on Consumer Credit written by Michael E. Staten and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Predatory Lending written by Deborah Goldstein and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Loan Portfolio Management written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Negative Interest Rates written by Luís Brandão Marques and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper focuses on negative interest rate policies and covers a broad range of its effects, with a detailed discussion of findings in the academic literature and of broader country experiences.
Download or read book Complex Mortgages CM written by Gene Amromin and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CM became a popular borrowing instrument during the bullish housing market of the early 2000s but vanished rapidly during the subsequent downturn. These non-traditional loans (interest only, negative amortization, and teaser mortgages) enable households to postpone loan repayment compared to traditional mortgages and hence relax borrowing constraints. But, they increase household leverage and heighten dependence on mortgage refinancing. CM were chosen by prime borrowers with high income levels seeking to purchase expensive houses relative to their incomes. Borrowers with CM experience substantially higher ex post default rates than borrowers with traditional mortgages with similar characteristics. Illus. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Negative Interest Rate Policy NIRP written by Andreas Jobst and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than two years ago the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted a negative interest rate policy (NIRP) to achieve its price stability objective. Negative interest rates have so far supported easier financial conditions and contributed to a modest expansion in credit, demonstrating that the zero lower bound is less binding than previously thought. However, interest rate cuts also weigh on bank profitability. Substantial rate cuts may at some point outweigh the benefits from higher asset values and stronger aggregate demand. Further monetary accommodation may need to rely more on credit easing and an expansion of the ECB’s balance sheet rather than substantial additional reductions in the policy rate.
Download or read book Financial Soundness Indicators written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) are measures that indicate the current financial health and soundness of a country's financial institutions, and their corporate and household counterparts. FSIs include both aggregated individual institution data and indicators that are representative of the markets in which the financial institutions operate. FSIs are calculated and disseminated for the purpose of supporting macroprudential analysis--the assessment and surveillance of the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems--with a view to strengthening financial stability and limiting the likelihood of financial crises. Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide is intended to give guidance on the concepts, sources, and compilation and dissemination techniques underlying FSIs; to encourage the use and cross-country comparison of these data; and, thereby, to support national and international surveillance of financial systems.
