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Abstract
This study examines the pricing behavior of banks in the mortgage loan market. Firstly, the paper compares the loan pricing behavior of banks between two periods, one of which is marked as a more competitive state due to regulatory intervention. Secondly, the paper also test for the stock market reaction to model-implied collusive profits. Using data from banks in Korea, the paper find that mortgage loan rates are more consistent with cooperative pricing behavior than independent pricing behavior in the period from 2006 to 2012.
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The Asian Economic Journal provides detailed coverage of a wide range of topics in economics relating to East Asia, including investigation of current research, international comparisons and country studies. It is a forum for debate amongst theorists, practitioners and researchers and publishes high-quality theoretical, empirical and policy orientated contributions. The Asian Economic Journal facilitates the exchange of information among researchers on a world-wide basis and offers a unique opportunity for economists to keep abreast of research on economics pertaining to East Asia.