Underpriced Default Spread Exacerbates Market Crashes

34 Pages Posted: 23 Jun 2006

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Winston T.H. Koh

Singapore Management University - School of Social Sciences

Roberto S. Mariano

Singapore Management University

Andrey D. Pavlov

Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Finance Area

Sock Yong Phang

Singapore Management University - School of Economics

Augustine H.H. Tan

Singapore Management University - School of Social Sciences

Susan M. Wachter

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Department of Real Estate ; University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department

Date Written: October 9, 2006

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a specific observable symptom of a banking system that underprices the default spread in non-recourse asset-backed lending. Using three different data sets for 18 countries and property types, we find that, following a negative demand shock, the "underpricing" economies experience far deeper asset market crashes than economies in which the put option is correctly priced. Furthermore, only one of the countries in our sample continues to exhibit the underpricing symptom following a market crash. This indicates that market crashes have a cleansing effect and eliminate underpricing at least for a period of time. This makes investing in such markets safer following a negative demand shock.

Keywords: real estate bubble, lender optimism, disaster myopia, Asian financial crisis

Suggested Citation

Koh, Winston T.H. and Mariano, Roberto S. and Pavlov, Andrey D. and Phang, Sock Yong and Tan, Augustine H.H. and Wachter, Susan M., Underpriced Default Spread Exacerbates Market Crashes (October 9, 2006). U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 06-13, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=910964 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.910964

Winston T.H. Koh

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Roberto S. Mariano

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Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Finance Area ( email )

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Sock Yong Phang

Singapore Management University - School of Economics ( email )

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Susan M. Wachter

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Department of Real Estate ( email )

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