This research explores the effects of securitization on banks equity risk exposure. A widespread opinion before the … crisis of 2007–2008 was that securitization enhances financial stability. We provide empirical evidence of the impact of … securitization on the market's perception of the originating banks’ risk exposure before and after the crisis, in terms of systematic …

, securitization and bank risk-taking in a context of the rapid growth in off-balance-sheet activities. The data come from the Canadian … financial sector. Evidence from the 1988-1998 period indicates that: (a) securitization has a negative statistical link with … securitization and bank risk-taking. Profit-risk measure is more sensitive than loss-risk measure to the variation in securitization …

This paper investigates the relationship between securitization activity and the extension of subprime credit. The … the years 2003 and 2005. Second, the securitization of subprime loans increased substantially over the same time period … securitization activity of investment banks was driven by forces exogenous to factors impacting lending decisions in the primary …

We study optimal securitization in the presence of an initial moral hazard. A financial intermediary creates and then … punishment for defaults, under which investors stop paying the intermediary after the first default. With securitization … contracts optimally designed, we find securitization improves the intermediary's screening incentives. Furthermore, the …

by looking at the specific dynamics of financial innovation through securitization of illiquid assets. Particularly, a …

Securitization is one of the most important innovations in financial markets. It is a process of converting illiquid …. As a result, securitization improves liquidity in capital markets by allowing originators to remove the issued loans from …, securitization is often suspected of being one of the main reasons for the recent financial crisis. One concern that is frequently …

this paper is that the preponderant causes of the banking crisis 2007–08 were securitization and ignorance. …