01874cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005041 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451869675 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni. Credit Booms and Lending Standards : Evidence From the Subprime Mortgage Market / Giovanni Dell'Ariccia, Luc Laeven, Deniz Igan. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (37 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper links the current sub-prime mortgage crisis to a decline in lending standards associated with the rapid expansion of this market. We show that lending standards declined more in areas that experienced larger credit booms and house price increases. We also find that the underlying market structure mattered, with entry of new, large lenders triggering declines in lending standards by incumbent banks. Finally, lending standards declined more in areas with higher mortgage securitization rates. The results are consistent with theoretical predictions from recent financial accelerator models based on asymmetric information, and shed light on the relationship between credit booms and financial instability. Mode of access: Internet Igan, Deniz. Laeven, Luc. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/106 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/106/001.2008.issue-106-en.xml IMF e-Library