perapplicant fixed costs in screening. We then demonstrate that our theory fits the data better than the main alternative theory … already in the literature, which supposes cutoff rules are exogenously used by securitizers. Furthermore, we use our theory to …

research has hypothesized that these cutoff rules result from a securitization rule of thumb. Under this theory, an observed … model that rationalizes such an origination rule of thumb. Under this alternative theory, jumps in default are not evidence … securitization rule-of-thumb theory but consistent with the origination rule-of-thumb theory. There are jumps in the number of loans …

In moral hazard models, bank shareholders have incentives to transfer wealth from the deposit insurer - that is … value, and a risk measure, this paper develops a semi-parametric model for estimating the critical level of bank risk at …

We address two questions: (i) Are bank capital structure and value correlated in the cross section, and if so, how? (ii …) If bank capital does affect bank value, how are the components of bank value affected by capital? We first develop a … dynamic model with a dissipative cost of bank capital that is traded off against the benefits of capital: strengthened …