Immobilienfinanzierung und deren Refinanzierung in Europa -- Wirtschaftlichkeit von MCB und MBS vor dem Hintergrund rechtlicher Rahmenbedingungen -- Beurteilung von MCB und MBS als Refinanzierungsinstrumente in Europa -- Schlussbetrachtung.

We explore the capital structure and governance of a mortgage-insuring securitization utility operating with government reinsurance for systemic or “tail” risk. The structure we propose for the replacement of the GSEs focuses on aligning incentives for appropriate pricing and transfer of...

Since December 2008, the Federal Reserve's traditional policy instrument, the target federal funds rate, has been effectively at its lower bound of zero. In order to further ease the stance of monetary policy as the economic outlook deteriorated, the Federal Reserve purchased substantial...

In August of 2007, banks faced a freeze in funding liquidity from the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. We investigate how banks scrambled for liquidity in response to this freeze and its implications for corporate borrowing. Commercial banks in the United States raised deposits and...

This paper reviews the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market, with a particular emphasis on agency residential MBS in the United States. We discuss the institutional environment, security design, MBS risks and asset pricing, and the economic effects of mortgage securitization. We also assemble...

Die Subprime-Krise am US-amerikanischen Markt für verbriefte zweitrangige Hypothekenforderungen hat verdeutlicht, dass verschiedene Friktionen in der Wertschöpfungskette von Verbriefungen bestehen. Julia Scholz untersucht verschiedene, bislang in der Literatur wenig beachtete, aber für die...

This book focuses on extending the models and theories (from a mathematical/statistical point of view) which were introduced in the first volume to a more technical level. Where volume I provided an introduction to the mathematics of bubbles and contagion, volume II digs far more deeply and...