Mortgage Contracts and the Definitions of and Demand for Housing Wealth
Mortgage Contracts and the Definitions of and Demand for Housing Wealth
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抵押合同以及住房财富的定义和需求
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2005
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Joseph B. Nichols
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Joseph B. Nichols
Title of dissertation: MORTGAGE CONTRACTS AND THE DEFINITION OF AND DEMAND FOR HOUSING WEALTH Joseph B. Nichols, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Dissertation directed by: Professors John Rust and John Shea Department of Economics Owner-occupied housing plays a central role in the portfoli os of many households. Recent work has explored the connection between a household’s position in h ome equity and the demand for risky assets in the £nancial portfolio. This dissertation examines the role of the mortgage contract on the de£nition of and demand for housing wealth. This £rst chapter develops a detailed partial equilibrium mo del of housing wealth’s role over the life-cycle to explore (1) housing’s dual role as a consumpti on and investment good; (2) the signi£cance of the mortgage contract being in nominal and not real terms; an d (3) the tax bene£ts associated with owneroccupied housing. The household’s dynamic stochastic prog ramming problem is solved using parallel processing. The results show that the “over-investment” in housing is not just a function of consumption demand but also can be driven by the bene£ts inherent in the mor tgage contract. It also shows that the nominal mortgage contract results in the non-neutrality of perfectly expected in¤ation. Finally, the paper documents the effect of preferential tax treatment on housi ng demand. This paper develops an alternative measure of the return on h ousing that incorporates the consumption stream and the required mortgage payments associated w ith o ner-occupied housing. This measure is then used to demonstrate how the total return on housing vari es with anticipated holding length, terms of the mortgage contract, and borrower income level. Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Survey of Consumer Fiance are used to explore the empiric al relationship between property, mortgage, and borrower characteristics and the total return on housin g, the probability of negative total return, and the demand for risky assets. MORTGAGE CONTRACTS AND THE DEFINITION OF AND DEMAND FOR HOUSING WEALTH by Joseph B. Nichols Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate Schoo l of the University of Maryland, College Park in partial ful£llment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2005 Advisory Committee: Professor John Shea, Co-Chair, Professor John Rust, Co-Chair Dr. Micheal Pries Dr. Anthony Yezer Dr. Gurdip Bakshi c © Copyright by Joseph Nichols 2005 This dissertation is dedicated to Wesley Webster Nichols, m y father.