Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances

46 Pages Posted: 5 Nov 2009

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John Beshears

Harvard University - Business School (HBS); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Daniel Bergstresser

Brandeis International Business School

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Date Written: November 4, 2009

Abstract

We find evidence that households selecting Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) during the recent decade were disproportionately those who were less suspicious or who may have had difficulty understanding complicated ARM features that became commonplace prior to the financial crisis.

Keywords: Mortgages, ARMs

JEL Classification: G21

Suggested Citation

Beshears, John and Bergstresser, Daniel, Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances (November 4, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1499959 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1499959

John Beshears

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