Mortgage Put Options and Real Estate Markets
Posted: 20 Oct 2008
Date Written: October 16, 2008
Abstract
In this paper we offer direct evidence that financial intermediation does impact underlying asset markets. We develop a specific observable symptom of a banking system that underprices the put option imbedded in non-recourse asset-backed lending. Using a dataset for 19 countries and over 500 real estate investment trusts, we find that, following a negative demand shock, the "underpricing" economies experience far deeper asset market crashes than economies in which the put option is correctly priced.
Keywords: real estate bubble, mortgage lending put options, Asian financial crisis
JEL Classification: G21
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Pavlov, Andrey D. and Wachter, Susan M., Mortgage Put Options and Real Estate Markets (October 16, 2008). Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1285517
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