ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Welfare, redistribution and financial stability in housing and mortgage markets
Worldwide, housing wealth represents the most important asset in households' balance sheet, and mortgage debt is the most important liability. In the past two decades, several countries have experienced house price bubbles, excessive households' leverage, and increasing risk-taking behavior of banks. To limit these phenomena, and in response to the 2008 financial crisis, new regulations have been introduced in housing and mortgage markets. The lack of disaggregate and extensive micro level data on housing and mortgages has so far prevented researchers from carefully investigating these events and the effectiveness of regulation. This project will bridge this gap. I will assemble a unique…
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