What can “big data” tell us about the dynamics shaping the regulation of and activities in
housing and mortgage markets? This paper describes a detailed database of the lobbying …

Has the political influence of the financial industry had any bearing on financial regulation
and, ultimately, the recent financial crisis? This paper discusses the findings of recent …

On December 31, 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported that Ameriquest Mortgage and
Countrywide Financial, two of the largest mortgage lenders in the United States, spent …

The extent to which political patronage affects the allocation of public resources is difficult to
quantify. From Juan Perón in Argentina to Daniel Arap Moi in Kenya to the Tammany Hall …

Using detailed information on lobbying and mortgage lending activities, we find that lenders
lobbying more on issues related to mortgage lending (i) had higher loan-to-income ratios,(ii) …

Previous evaluations of publicness have focused largely on organizations and
organizational behavior. This analysis extends the applicability of publicness one step …

We show that banks expand mortgage lending in the home states of Senate Banking
Committee chairs, and the effect is more pronounced in counties where the incumbent …

Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works
from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and …

While the economic implications of housing have been examined extensively, surprisingly
limited attention has been devoted to how the housing market impacts politics. My …

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Center for Real Estate Analytics and the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte's Center for Real Estate jointly sponsored a research conference …