Buildings' energy efficiency and the probability of mortgage default : the Dutch case

  • In this paper, we investigate the relation between buildings' energy efficiency and the probability of mortgage default. To this end, we construct a novel panel dataset by combining Dutch loan-level mortgage information with provisional building energy ratings that are calculated by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. By employing the Logistic regression and the extended Cox model, we find that buildings' energy efficiency is associated with lower likelihood of mortgage default. The results hold for a battery of robustness checks. Additional findings indicate that credit risk varies with the degree of energy efficiency.

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Author:Monica BillioORCiDGND, Michele CostolaORCiD, Loriana PelizzonORCiDGND, Max RiedelORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-511463
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3469995
Parent Title (English):SAFE working paper series ; No. 261
Series (Serial Number):SAFE working paper (261)
Publisher:SAFE
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2019
Year of first Publication:2019
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/10/21
Tag:Credit Risk; Energy Efficiency; Mortgages
Issue:First draft: July 15, 2017 ; This draft: October 14, 2019
Page Number:38
HeBIS-PPN:455257531
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / House of Finance (HoF)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht