Local Housing Market Cycle and Loss Given Default : Evidence from Sub-Prime Residential Mortgages /

This paper studies the impact of housing market cycles on loss given default (LGD). Previous studies have shown that the current loan-to-value ratio (CLTV) is the most important determinant of LGD. This paper establishes another linkage which is between the house price cycles before the time of mort...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Yanan
Other Authors: Ji, Lu, Liu, Fei
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/167
Online Access:Full text available on IMF