yield. Studying securitization exposures on the balance sheets of German banks, I show evidence consistent with this …

intermediated through arms-length transactions, such as securitization. This paper documents these trends, explores their causes … structural model to explore whether technological improvements in securitization, shifts in saver preferences away from deposits …, and changes in implicit subsidies and costs of bank activities can explain these shifts. Declines in securitization cost …

We study optimal securitization in the presence of an initial moral hazard. A financial intermediary creates and then … punishment for defaults, under which investors stop paying the intermediary after the first default. With securitization … contracts optimally designed, we find securitization improves the intermediary's screening incentives. Furthermore, the …

This paper investigates the relationship between securitization activity and the extension of subprime credit. The … the years 2003 and 2005. Second, the securitization of subprime loans increased substantially over the same time period … securitization activity of investment banks was driven by forces exogenous to factors impacting lending decisions in the primary …

This research explores the effects of securitization on banks equity risk exposure. A widespread opinion before the … crisis of 2007–2008 was that securitization enhances financial stability. We provide empirical evidence of the impact of … securitization on the market's perception of the originating banks’ risk exposure before and after the crisis, in terms of systematic …

that these securities are actually far riskier than originally advertised. We examine how the process of securitization …