Publications

17) “A Model of Managerial Compensation, Firm Leverage and Credit Stimulus”, with Raj Chakraborty, Sandeep Dahiya and Lei Ge, 2/2024. Forthcoming at the Journal of Financial Stability.

16) “Climate Risk and Mortgage Markets: Evidence from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma“ with Athena Tsouderou and Susan Wachter. 1/2024. Forthcoming at Real Estate Economics.

Non-technical: Mortgage Markets Taken by Storm

15) Mortgage Design and Slow Recoveries. The Role of Recourse and Default, with Franco Zecchetto. 3/2023. Forthcoming at the Review of Economic Studies.

Policy paper: “Should European Mortgages Be Non-Recourse? Macroeconomic Arguments”. Non-technical in Spanish: “Razones para sacar a Shakespeare del modelo hipotecario europeo”.

14) “The Economic Effects of Real Estate Investors”, with Carlos Garriga and Athena Tsouderou. Real Estate Economics. May 2023. Edwin Mills Award for Best Paper in 2023.

13) “Credit Stimulus, Executive Ownership and Firm Leverage”, with Sandeep Dahiya, Lei Ge and Rajdeep ChakrabortiManagement Science. December 2021.

Best International Finance Paper at the Eastern Finance Association Annual Meetings 2018 . Non-technical: Fueling the Appetite to Borrow.

12) “Mortgage Securitization and Shadow Bank Lending”, with Michael ReherThe Review of Financial Studies. May 2021.

Featured in Inside Mortgage Finance (March 3rd, 2017), The Institutional Risk Analyst (April 17th, 2017), IMF Global Housing Watch (April 2017), John Cochrane’s Blog (5/9/2017) .

11)  “Expectations and the Housing Boom and Bust. An Open Economy View”, Journal of Housing Economics. September 2020.

10) “A Quantitative Model of International Lending of Last Resort”, with Givi MelkadzeJournal of International Economics. March 2020.

9) “Mortgage Supply and Housing Rents“, with Michael Reher. The Review of Financial Studies. December 2018.

8) “Distributional Implications of Government Guarantees in Mortgage Markets”, with Franco ZecchettoThe Review of Financial Studies. March 2018. Featured in David Wessel’s blog at the Brookings Institution.

7) “Aggregate Volatility and International Dynamics. The Role of Credit Supply”with Givi Melkadze. Journal of International Economics. January 2018.

6) “Dealing with Overleverage: Restricting Leverage vs. Restricting Variable Compensation”, with Juan Pedro GomezQuarterly Journal of Finance. March 2018.

5) “Executive Compensation and Firm Leverage. A Policy Oriented Survey”, with Juan Pedro GomezRevista de Estabilidad Financiera, Bank of Spain. June 2017.

4) Two Extensive Margins of Credit and Loan-to-Value Policies, with Michael ReherJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, October 2016.

3) “What Drives Housing Dynamics in China? A Sign Restriction VAR Approach”, with Tim BianJournal of Macroeconomics, December 2015.

2) “Compensation Contracts and Fire Sales”, with Juan Pedro GomezJournal of Financial Stability, June 2015.

1) Discussion of “Capital Inflows and the U.S. Housing BoomJournal of Money, Credit and Banking, March-April 2015.