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Consensus on Economic Analysis of Mortgage Borrower Behavior. The contingent claim model provides a coherent and useful framework for analyzing borrower behaviorTitman and Torous (1989), Kau and Keenan (1995) The jointness of the prepayment and default options is important in explaining behavior
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1. Are Underserved Borrowers Lower Risk?New Evidence on the Performance and Pricing of FHA-Insured Mortgages Yongheng Deng and Stuart Gabriel Lusk Center for Real Estate University of Southern California July 29, 2003