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The agency conflicts inherent in securitization are viewed by many as having been a key contributor to the recent … research for the U.S. home mortgage market suggests that securitization itself may not have been a problem, but rather the … origination and distribution of observably riskier loans. Low-documentation mortgages, for which asymmetric information problems …
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This paper develops a formula to numerically estimate the unsubsidized, fair-market value of the toxic assets purchased with Federal Reserve loans. It finds that subsidy rates on these loans were on average 33.9 percent at origination. In contrast, by the 3rd quarter of the 2010, there was on...
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We examine the system-wide effects of liquidity regulation on banks’ balance sheets. In the general equilibrium model, banks have to hold liquid assets, and choose among illiquid assets varying in the extent to which they are difficult to value before maturity, e.g., structured securities. By...
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limited by regulation largely to retail deposits and mortgages. Graphic television news pictures showed very long queues …
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Shadow banking is a broad concept. A possible definition is that it comprises non-bank institutions which undertake bank-like activities. Another characteristic is that the sector is overall less regulated. Therefore there are still shortcomings in systematic collection of information of the sector.
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Lack of transparency in securitization transactions significantly contributed to the severe financial crisis of … participants at each stage of the securitization process to obtain easily full information about the underlying original risks and … considerably enhance transparency in securitization transactions at the expense of some transaction costs, while reducing the need …
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This paper analyzes the risk properties of typical asset-backed securities (ABS), like CDOs or MBS, relying on a model with both macroeconomic and idiosyncratic components. The examined properties include expected loss, loss given default, and macro factor dependencies. Using a two-dimensional...
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theoretical models and a survey of institutions involved in securitization. With the conclusions of this analysis we evaluate the …
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understanding for the motivation to originate securitization products is less discovered. Therefor this paper tries to identify main … to securitize that are in line with observable behavior of market participants. US banks use securitization mainly as … and performance improvement. For German banks securitization seems to be an appropriate funding tool. The proposed …
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. Recent research has used variation induced by these rules to investigate the connection between securitization and lender … moral hazard problem posed by securitization. …
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