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one of the biggest financial innovations of the last century, securitization is now viewed as a contributory factor to the … crisis. Until recently research has focused on the post-1970s mortgage securitization market. In this paper, I trace the … earlier origins of securitization, from the 12th century Genoese compera through to early 20th century efforts. The historical …
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In a Minskian world, the "moment" occurs after a cumulative process toward financial instability. Minsky argued that during a sustained boom, an upward revision of profit expectations should lead to higher leverage ratios and greater risk taking. In this article, I investigate whether the...
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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 …
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-offs, judgments, and bankruptcies qualify for subprime loans (Hayre, 2001). Securitization is the financial technology that integrates …
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Gemäß den im Juni 2004 durch den Baseler Ausschuss endgültig verabschiedeten Kapitalstandards (Basel II) sind Kredite in Höhe des so genannten unerwarteten Verlusts mit Eigenkapital zu unterlegen. Für erwartete Verluste hat das jeweilige Kreditinstitut Rückstellungen zu bilden, wobei hier...
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This paper examines the macroeconomic implications of recent developments in financial engineering, with particular emphasis on the post-1987 growth of markets for securities backed by credit card, installment, student loan, and home equity receivables. Three linkages of financial engineering to...
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We define a new approach to manage prepayment, default and interest rate risks simultaneously in some standard asset-backed securities structures. We propose a parsimonious top-down approach, by modeling directly the portfolio loss process and the amortization process. Both are correlated to...
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associated with the underlying collateral into risks associated with the issued securities. Understanding these structures is …
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The January 2009 federal budget proposed funding a “Canadian Secured Credit Facility” as part of an economic action plan. This Facility will allocate up to $12 billion to purchases of term asset-backed securities (ABS) for loans and leases on vehicles and equipment. The Facility will be...
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