Table 2 Pairwise correlations.

From: Did the 2012 Spanish law reform to protect mortgage debtors modify banks’ lending behavior?

 

Mortgage Loans

Loans per 1000 inhabitants

Sales

Interest rate

Loan amount

Monthly payment

Monthly payment/wage cost

Unemployment rate

Inflation rate

House price (euros per m2)

Mortgage Loans

1.000

         

Loans per 1000 inhabitants

0.415***

1.000

        

Sales

0.943***

0.227***

1.000

       

Interest rate

0.089***

0.245***

0.089***

1.000

      

Loan amount

0.503***

0.540***

0.394***

0.160***

1.000

     

Monthly payment

0.453***

0.514***

0.363***

0.468***

0.928***

1.000

    

Monthly payment/wage cost

0.409***

0.623***

0.388***

0.621***

0.736***

0.850***

1.000

   

Unemployment rate

−0.124***

−0.635***

−0.059*

−0.012

−0.626***

−0.515***

−0.519***

1.000

  

Inflation rate

0.133***

0.299***

0.210***

0.385***

0.319***

0.358***

0.485***

0.473***

1.000

 

House price (euros per m2)

0.411***

0.411***

0.315***

0.240***

0.875***

0.884***

0.645***

−0.280***

0.049*

1.000

  1. Notes: Pairwise correlations. All variables are on a logarithmic scale except loans per 1000 inhabitants, interest rate, monthly payment/wage cost, unemployment rate and inflation rate. Significant at the *10%, **5%, and ***1% levels.