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