Replication data for: Did Bankruptcy Reform Cause Mortgage Defaults to Rise?
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Wenli Li; Ning Zhu; Michelle J. White
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Homeowners in financial distress can use bankruptcy to avoid defaulting on their mortgages, since filing loosens their budget constraints. But the 2005 bankruptcy reform made bankruptcy less favorable to homeowners and therefore caused mortgage defaults to rise. We test this relationship and find that the reform caused prime and subprime mortgage default rates to rise by 23% and 14%, respectively. Default rates rose even more for homeowners who were particularly negatively affected by the reform. We calculate that bankruptcy reform caused mortgage default rates to rise by one percentage point even before the start of the financial crisis. (JEL D14, G01, G21, K35)
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D14 Household Saving • Personal Finance
K35 Personal Bankruptcy Law
G21 Banks • Depository Institutions • Micro Finance Institutions • Mortgages
G01 Financial Crises
D14 Household Saving • Personal Finance
K35 Personal Bankruptcy Law
G21 Banks • Depository Institutions • Micro Finance Institutions • Mortgages
G01 Financial Crises
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