Securitization without risk transfer

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-536

  Acharya, Viral V ^a,b,c   Schnabl, Philipp ^a,b,c   Suarez, Gustavo ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CEPR ^*  (United States)

^d FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset backed commercial paper (ABCP); Bank capital; Conduits; Regulatory arbitrage; Shadow banking; Structured investment vehicle (SIV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875524543     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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