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Mortgage Design and Slow Recoveries: The Role of Recourse and Default

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  • Pedro Gete
  • Franco Zecchetto

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We show that mortgage recourse systems, by discouraging default, magnify the impact of nominal rigidities. They cause deeper and more persistent recessions. This mechanism can account for up to 31% of the recovery gap during the Great Recession between the U.S., mostly a non-recourse economy, and Spain, a recourse economy. General equilibrium effects explain most of the differences between mortgage systems. With recourse, highly indebted homeowners dramatically cut consumption in a crisis, and account for a larger share of the aggregate consumption decline. However, without recourse, mortgages would be more expensive for riskier households, and homeownership rates would be lower.

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  • Pedro Gete & Franco Zecchetto, 2024. "Mortgage Design and Slow Recoveries: The Role of Recourse and Default," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 91(2), pages 1039-1084.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:restud:v:91:y:2024:i:2:p:1039-1084.
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