Pooling, tranching, and credit expansion

Traditionally banks have used securitization for expanding credit and thus their profitability. It has been well documented that, at least before the 2008 crisis, many banks were keeping a high proportion of the securities that they created on their own balance-sheets. Those securities retained incl...

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Main Author: Bougheas, Spiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36132/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36132/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36132/
http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36132/1/PoolingTranchingCreditExpansion%20OEP%20Rev2.pdf