Bank Competition, Risk Taking, and their Consequences : Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage and Labor Markets /
Bank competition can induce excessive risk taking due to risk shifting. This paper tests this hypothesis using micro-level U.S. mortgage data by exploiting the exogenous variation in local house price volatility. The paper finds that, in response to high expected house price volatility, banks in U.S...
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| Formaat: | Tijdschrift |
| Taal: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2018.
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| Reeks: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2018/157 |
| Online toegang: | Full text available on IMF |