Did securitization lead to lax screening? Evidence from subprime loans

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 307-362

  Keys, Benjamin J ^a   Mukherjee, Tanmoy ^b   Seru, Amit ^c   Vig, Vikrant ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b Sorin Capital Management ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76049120993     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.1.307     Document Type: Article

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