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economic effects of mortgage securitization. We also assemble descriptive statistics about market size, growth, security … the MBS market and mortgage securitization …
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yield. Studying securitization exposures on the balance sheets of German banks, I show evidence consistent with this …
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Central-bank collateral policy governs the convertibility of assets into central-bank money provided directly by the central bank. Focusing on government bonds, we develop clean identification of variation in such convertibility by exploiting differential treatment of same-country government...
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Central banks are under increased scrutiny because of the rapid growth in, and composition of, their balance sheets. Therefore, understanding the processes that shape these balance sheets and their consequences is crucial. We contribute by studying an extensive dataset of banks' liquidity uptake...
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We use the term structure of spreads between rates on interest rate swaps indexed to LIBOR and overnight indexed swaps to infer a term structure of interbank risk. Using a dynamic term structure model, we decompose the term structure of interbank risk into default and non-default components. We...
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We solve the problem of optimal securitization for an issuer facing heterogeneous investors with arbitrary time and … risk preferences. We show that the optimal securitization is characterized by multiple nonlinear tranches, and each … derive a number of comparative static results for optimal securitization. The model generates theoretical predictions and …
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We study optimal securitization of defaultable assets in a continuous time setting. A financial intermediary can create … intermediaries have all the bargaining power, securitization improves the intermediary's screening incentives and increases the … best levels when the number of securitized assets is sufficiently large. securitization, mortgage-backed securities, moral …
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How much of a loan should a lender dynamically retain and how does retention affect loan performance? We address these questions in a dynamic agency model in which a lender originates loans that it can sell to investors. The lender reduces default risk through screening at origination and...
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Traditional liquidity measures can provide a false impression of the liquidity and stability of financial market trading. Using data on auctions (bids wanted in competition; BWICs) from the collateralized loan obligation (CLO) market, we show that a standard measure of liquidity, the effective...
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