Why did so many people make so many ex post bad decisions?: the causes of the foreclosure crisis
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- Christopher L. Foote & Kristopher S. Gerardi & Paul S. Willen, 2012. "Why did so many people make so many ex post bad decisions? the causes of the foreclosure crisis," FRB Atlanta Working Paper 2012-07, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
- Christopher L. Foote & Kristopher S. Gerardi & Paul S. Willen, 2012. "Why Did So Many People Make So Many Ex Post Bad Decisions? The Causes of the Foreclosure Crisis," NBER Working Papers 18082, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
Mortgage loans; Global financial crisis; Housing - Prices; Foreclosure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
- D53 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Financial Markets
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
- G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HPE-2012-06-13 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-URE-2012-06-13 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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