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The Great American Housing Bubble : What Went Wrong and How We Can Protect Ourselves in the Future /

Adam Levitin and Susan Wachter argue that the housing bubble of the 2000s was caused by private-label securitization. Competition among Wall Street banks set off a race to the bottom in mortgage underwriting that inflated home prices but yielded huge profits before the bubble burst. To avoid déjà vu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Levitin, Adam J. (Autor), Wachter, Susan M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
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Sumario:Adam Levitin and Susan Wachter argue that the housing bubble of the 2000s was caused by private-label securitization. Competition among Wall Street banks set off a race to the bottom in mortgage underwriting that inflated home prices but yielded huge profits before the bubble burst. To avoid déjà vu, w¬e need carefully regulated securitization.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 p.)
ISBN:9780674246942
9783110690057
Acceso:restricted access