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FHFA Fall 2024 Econ Summit

FHFA’s Fall 2024 Econ Summit on Climate Risk: This blog post details the event and some key takeaways from each of the three panels and the keynote presentation.

Session 1: Insurance

Property Insurance and Disaster Risk: New Evidence from Mortgage Escrow Data

Research Paper ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Philip Mulder) ​​ ​ Presentation (Siddhartha Biswas)

Presenter: Philip Mulder, Assistant Professor, Wisconsin School of Business

Discussant: Siddhartha Biswas, Financial Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

 

Strategic Behavior in the Homeowners Insurance Market

​Paper Not Available ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Amanda Ross) ​​​​ ​ Presentation (George Krivorotov)

​​Presenter: Amanda Ross, Associate Professor, University of Alabama.

Discussant: George Krivorotov, Senior Financial Economist, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

 

Wildfire Insurance Unavailability as Risk Signals: Evidence from Home Loan Applications

Paper Not Available ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Xuesong You) ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Jacob Gellman)

​​Presenter: Xuesong (Song) You, Senior Economist, Freddie Mac

Discussant: Jacob Gellman, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alaska Anchorage

 

​Keynote Address

Nancy Wallace, Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Lisle and Roslyn Payne Chair in Real Estate and Capital Markets, Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley

Presentation (Nancy Wallace)

 

Session 2: Securitization

Flood Risk Exposures and Mortgage-Backed Security Asset Performance and Risk Sharing

Research Paper Presentation (Mallick Hossain) ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Penny Liao)

​​Presenter: Mallick Hossain, Financial Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Discussant: Penny Liao, Economist and Fellow, Resources for the Future

 

Adaptation Using Financial Markets: Climate Risk Diversification Through Securitization

Research Paper ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Amine Ouazad) ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva)

​​Presenter: Amine C.-L. Ouazad, Associate Professor, HEC Montréal

Discussant: Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors​

 

Session 3: Mortgage Performance

Impacts of Increasing Flood Losses on Mortgage Credit Risk in the United States

Paper Not Available ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Jesse Gourevitch) ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Becka Brolinson)

Presenter: Jesse Gourevitch, Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

Discussant: Becka Brolinson, Senior Economist, Federal Housing Finance Agency​​

 

Mortgage Performance and Home Sales for Damaged Homes Following Hurricane Harvey

Research Paper ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Nuno Mota) ​​​​ ​ Presentation (Siqi Zheng)

Presenter: Nuno Mota, Economist and Senior Manager, Fannie Mae

Discussant: Siqi Zheng, STL Champion Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 


 

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  • FHFA Fall Econ Summit: Bringing together housing practitioners, policy makers, and researchers

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    November 12, 2024
    Constitution Center
    400 7th St, SW
    Washington, DC 20024

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    Fall 2024 Econ Summit Blog