About
- Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics
- Senior Research Consultant, CFM, Paris & New York (2012-Present)
- Member of the Scientific Board of ESRB (European Systemic Risk Board) (2014-2017)
- Smith Breeden Prize, Journal of Finance (2018)
Voting History
Interest-bearing stablecoins, either via direct issuer payments or exchange-provided rewards, would measurably erode the deposit franchise of banks in developed-market economies.
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Comment: currently, there are a lot of firm that offer easy-to-use cash accounts that can be quickly move into and out of deposit accounts. yet, aggregate deposits remain very big and do not respond a lot to interest rates, further, it may be hard to draw many people into stablecoins.
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Question A: Having the government-sponsored housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities would reduce mortgage rates by more than 25 basis points.
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Comment: seems about right since it's about 2% of the amount outstanding, and conventional demand elasticities.
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Question B: Having the government-sponsored housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities would measurably improve the affordability of home ownership.
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Comment: ambiguous: it lowers the cost of borrowing, but will boost house prices
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Question C: Restrictions on large institutional investors buying single-family homes would measurably improve the affordability of home ownership.
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Comment: yes, but it would increase rents.
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