Department of Finance and Real Estate: Recent submissions
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The Impact Of Property Flipping On Single Family Detached Home Prices
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)In 2003 HUD ruled that flipped properties, which are defined as recently acquired properties that have been resold, often within days, and for a substantial profit, are ineligible for FHA insured mortgage financing. This ... -
Mortgage Lending In The Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex: Screening For Racial Bias Using HMDA Data
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-08-23)This study will look at loan data to screen for potential lending discrimination in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex. The data used for screening purposes is the 2003 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Loan Application ... -
Stock Options: To Expense Or Not To Expense. A Comparison Of Economic Determinants, Firm Payoffs, And Pay-performance Sensitivity Of Executive Stock Option Compensation
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-08-23)Until June 2005, firms had a choice in accounting for stock option compensation. The majority of firms elected to disclose option compensation expense in the footnotes of their financial statements. However, after the ... -
Default Prediction For Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-08-23)Commercial mortgage default has become a topic of interest for a large number of parties due to the emergence and continued growth of the secondary mortgage market. With the multitude of parties holding a vested interest, ... -
Strategic Exercise Of Options On Non-traded Assets And Stochastic Volatility In An Incomplete Market: Indifference Pricing And Entropy Methods
(Finance & Real Estate, 2007-08-23)The first study explores optimal investment policies for strategic option exercise when the underlying project is not traded. A duopoly model captures strategic interactions, while a partial spanning asset models market ...