Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27882 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Frankfurt School - Working Paper Series No. 85
Publisher: 
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper provides new insights into the use of loan securitization. We analyze collateralized loan obligation (CLO) transactions by European banks from 1997 to 2004 and try to identify the influence that various firm-specific and macroeconomic factors may have on an institution's securitization decision. Our results suggest that loan securitization is an appropriate funding tool for banks with high risk and low liquidity. It may also have been used by commercial banks to indirectly access investment-bank activities and the associated gains. Regulatory capital arbitrage under Basel I does not seem to have driven the market.
Subjects: 
Securitization
credit risk transfer
collateralized loan obligations
JEL: 
G21
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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