Since the start of the financial crisis, various forms of securitization have been criticized for causing the problems … to this market. Our study focuses on the use of receivables securitization by non-financial firms, and we investigate who … filings of 242 users of securitization across the fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and combining it with accounting information …

, significant arbitrage opportunities over the second halfof the last decade. Yet, terminal elevator operators—perhaps the only … demonstrates conditions under which a profit maximizing warehouseman foregoes available arbitrage. We find that making delivery …

supports these assumptions. An empirical application of the arbitrage equations providesevidence that risk aversion and …

by arbitrage mechanism that brings both markets to equilibrium. When arbitrage opportunities arise, arbitrageurs buy … return to theoretical levels. Such mechanical arbitrage trading tends to create large order flows that could be difficult for … argue that the increase in trading volume and return volatility may be attributed to index arbitrage transactions as …

more effective than providing it at the time of bankruptcy.Theories of financial intermediation suggest that securitization … rule of thumb in the lending market to generate exogenous variation in the ease of securitization and compare the … composition and performance of lenders' portfolios around this threshold. Conditional on securitization, a portfolio that is more …

The paper provides a framework for analyzing the development of securitization as a vehicle for funding loans. Broadly … intermediaries originating and holding the loans and funding them mainly with debt, most often deposits, and the securitization model … issue with securitization is that while securities markets are efficient sources of funding, they also involve agency costs …