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Securitization of mortgage debt, domestic lending, and international risk sharing

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  • Mathias Hoffmann
  • Thomas Nitschka

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Securitization makes mortgage-related risks internationally tradeable and thus contributes considerably to the international diversification of macroeconomic risk: in the years 2003-2008, the increase in international cross-holdings of securitized mortgage debt has lowered industrialized countries' conditional consumption volatility (relative to the United States) by about 10-15 percentage points. We turn to the role of domestic credit in explaining this result. Domestic credit leads to better international risk sharing only if debt is securitized and traded internationally. Conversely, the risk-sharing benefits from securitization seem to evaporate if credit dries up - as it did in the recent financial crisis.

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  • Mathias Hoffmann & Thomas Nitschka, 2012. "Securitization of mortgage debt, domestic lending, and international risk sharing," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 45(2), pages 493-508, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:45:y:2012:i:2:p:493-508
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01701.x
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    1. Devereux, Michael B. & Kollmann, Robert, 2012. "International Risk Sharing," MPRA Paper 70129, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Alla Koblyakova & Michael White, 2017. "Supply driven mortgage choice," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(5), pages 1194-1210, April.
    3. De Grauwe, Paul & Ji, Yuemei, 2016. "Flexibility versus Stability: A difficult trade-off in the eurozone," CEPS Papers 11530, Centre for European Policy Studies.
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    6. De Grauwe Paul & Ji Yuemei, 2018. "Core-Periphery Relations in the Eurozone," The Economists' Voice, De Gruyter, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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