scholarly journals Credit Rationing in the U.S. Mortgage Market: Evidence from Variation in FHA Market Shares

2002 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent W. Ambrose ◽  
Anthony Pennington-Cross ◽  
Anthony M. Yezer
2009 ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Vittoria Cerasi ◽  
Lisa Crosato

- The paper analyzes the change in the size distribution of Italian banking groups over the period 1999 to 2007 following a wave of M&As among large banks. Had this process increased the degree of concentration we would have expected greater credit rationing for small firms, given the central role of Italian banks in financing small firms. We measure this change through widely used measures of concentration on branches. First, we observe a steady increase in concentration that can be captured only by looking at the overall size distribution. Other measures do not perceive this change until the year 2007, when the very large banks merged. Second, by focusing on the banking groups that have been active players in M&As we do see a decline in concentration, since smaller players have caught up with the larger ones in terms of rate of size increase. This contrasts with the role of the new entries and the disappearance of banks following mergers, that has increased the dispersion of market shares. The implications are that: i) there is a credit termination risk due to the rise in active players' size, but ii) credit rationing may not occur due to a substitution effect in credit supply from new entries. Keywords: bank market structure; size distribution of banks; measures of concentration; credit rationing of SME; mergers and acquisitions Parole chiave: struttura dell'industria bancaria; distribuzione per dimensione delle banche; misure della concentrazione; razionamento del credito alle PMI; fusioni e acquisizioni Jel Classification: G21 - L11


Author(s):  
Pedro Gete ◽  
Michael Reher

Abstract We show how securitization affects the size of the nonbank lending sector through a novel price-based channel. We identify the channel using a regulatory spillover shock to the cross-section of mortgage-backed security prices: the U.S. liquidity coverage ratio. The shock increases secondary market prices for FHA-insured loans by granting them favorable regulatory status once securitized. Higher prices lower nonbanks’ funding costs, prompting them to loosen lending standards and originate more FHA-insured loans. This channel accounts for 22% of nonbanks’ growth in overall mortgage market share over 2013–2015. While the shock creates risks for financial stability, homeownership also increases.


2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 797-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun J. Jin ◽  
Guedae Cho ◽  
Won W. Koo

An import demand model, augmented with third-country effect variables, is developed to examine the effects of strong U.S. dollar, volatility of the U.S. dollar, and competition among the exporting countries on the shares of U.S. wheat in Asian markets. In the empirical model, the dependent variable is the market shares of U.S. wheat. Explanatory variables include wheat prices of exporting countries, exchange rates between the importing and exporting countries, and volatilities of the exchange rates. Panel estimation results show that the U.S. currency value and volatility, Australian wheat price, and the volatilities of Canadian and Australian currency values have significant effects on U.S. market shares.


1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
John V. Duca ◽  
Stuart S. Rosenthal

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig A. Gallet

Many studies examine the degree of rivalry in an industry by utilizing measures of market share instability, with greater (lesser) volatility of market shares coinciding with greater (lesser) rivalry. This short paper extends this line of research by addressing long run instability of market shares. In particular, we test for the convergence of market shares in the U.S. cigarette industry using unit root procedures. Our finding that market shares for pairs of firms rarely converge suggests that market shares are unstable in the long run. Hence, rivalry has remained quite intact in the cigarette industry.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Hurst ◽  
Benjamin Keys ◽  
Amit Seru ◽  
Joseph Vavra

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