Understanding the securitization of subprime mortgage credit

Foundations and Trends in Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-309

  Ashcraft, Adam B ^a   Schuermann, Til ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral hazard; Principal agent; Rating agencies; Securitization; Subprime mortgage credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350329896     PISSN: 15672395     EISSN: 15672409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0500000024     Document Type: Review

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