Signaling-Screening Equilibrium in the Mortgage Market

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 157-178

  Ben Shahar, Danny ^a   Feldman, David ^b  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Default; Market efficiency; Mortgage markets; Mortgage maturity; Risk premium; Screening; Separating equilibrium; Signaling; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037248938     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022926724657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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