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dc.titleIncapacity to Pay or Moral Hazard?: Public Mortgage Delinquency Rates in Chile
dc.contributor.authorMarcano, Luis
dc.contributor.authorRuprah, Inder J.
dc.contributor.orgunitOffice of Evaluation and Oversight
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2011-07-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2008-03-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractHigh delinquency rate of publicly provided mortgages in social housing programs are often interpreted to be due to moral hazard. In this working paper, the authors show that the typically used parametric approaches give misleading results due to overlooked confounding and selection biases. As evidenced by using the more appropriate impact or treatment non-parametric approach the problem of high delinquency rate in publicly provided mortgages is due to the incapacity to pay and not due to moral hazard. The results caution against public policies to encourage private mortgage providers to move down market, and suggest eliminating mortgages and correspondingly increasing the grant component of the programs.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011142
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Incapacity-to-Pay-or-Moral-Hazard-Public-Mortgage-Delinquency-Rates-in-Chile.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHousing
dc.subjectFinancial Service
dc.subject.jelcodeG21 - Banks • Depository Institutions • Micro Finance Institutions • Mortgages
dc.subject.jelcodeH43 - Project Evaluation • Social Discount Rate
dc.subject.jelcodeR31 - Housing Supply and Markets
dc.subject.keywordsWP-03/08
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
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