Hibbeln, Martin; Osterkamp, Werner - In: Review of Derivatives Research 28 (2025) 1
efforts; thus, if investors anticipate these incentives, equity retention should lead to low credit spreads. Employing OLS and … instrumental variables regressions, we empirically examine the effect of retention on spreads. Our analysis, based on a unique … dataset of securitizations, reveals that the effects highly depend on the considered investment type. Credit spreads decrease …