Securitization

Gary Gorton and Andrew Metrick

Chapter Chapter 1 in Handbook of the Economics of Finance, 2013, vol. 2, pp 1-70 from Elsevier

Abstract: We survey the literature on securitization and lay out a research program for its open questions. Securitization is the process by which loans, previously held to maturity on the balance sheets of financial intermediaries, are sold in capital markets. Securitization has grown from a small amount in 1990 to a pre-crisis issuance amount that makes it one of the largest capital markets. In 2005 the amount of non-mortgage asset-backed securities issued in US capital markets exceeded the amount of US corporate debt issued, and these securitized bonds—even those unrelated to subprime mortgages—were at center of the recent financial crisis. Nevertheless, despite the transformative effect of securitization on financial intermediation, the literature is still relatively small and many fundamental questions remain open.

Keywords: Securitization; Capital Markets; Asset-Backed Securities; Financial Crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E40 G1 G2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-44-453594-8.00001-X

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