Houses as ATMs: Mortgage Refinancing and Macroeconomic Uncertainty

Mortgage refinancing activity associated with extraction of home equity contains a strongly countercyclical component consistent with household demand for liquidity. We estimate a structural model of liquidity management featuring countercyclical idiosyncratic labor income uncertainty, long- and sho...

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Main Author: Chen, Hui (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley, 2021-02-08T20:39:42Z.
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