-transfer and default probabilities to gauge the severity of informational asymmetries in the loan securitization market. First, the …

This study examines the relationship between securitization and loan performance using proprietary loan-level data from … retained on the bank's balance sheet, suggesting no adverse selection or moral hazard within the Chinese securitization market … alters banks' business model and eliminates other options of credit risk transfer except for securitization, we show worse …

securitization and insurance-linked securities; and the efficiency, distribution, organizational form, and governance of insurance …

We address the moral hazard problem of securitization using a principal-agent model where the investor is the principal … and the lender is the agent. Our model considers structured asset-backed securitization with a credit enhancement …

. Recent research has used variation induced by these rules to investigate the connection between securitization and lender … moral hazard problem posed by securitization. …

research has hypothesized that these cutoff rules result from a securitization rule of thumb. Under this theory, an observed … jump in defaults at the cutoff would imply that securitization led to lax screening. We argue instead that originators … that securitization caused lax screening. We examine loan-level data and find that the evidence is inconsistent with the …

the moral hazard effect of securitization on underwriting. This research design is premised on the assumption that these … cutoff rules are a response by lenders to securitization rules of thumb. We reexamine the evidence and find it is … cutoff rules in underwriting, one cannot use these same cutoff rules to learn about the effect of securitization on …