Differentiated Contracts, Heterogeneous Borrowers, and the Mortgage Choice Decision

Abstract

Previous analyses of mortgage choice assume that adjustable rate mortagages are standard contracts and estimate bivariate models. The authors estimate a multinomial logit model that explicitly treats mortgages as differentiated contracts and provides insights on several important issues: the impact of price variables differs significantly across alternative mortgage contracts; borrower heterogeneity, particularly mobility, influences the type of contract chosen; and borrowers respond to market conditions as expected when choosing between alternative mortgage contracts. Copyright 1995 by Ohio State University Press.

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