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Information cost and securitization

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  • Fan, Zhongjie
  • Liu, Zehao
  • Tang, Dunzhe

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Securitization increases the complexity of assets while incurring associated costs, which enhances asset liquidity by curbing private information production and facilitating asset resale. The liquidity improvement reduces the immediate financing costs for firms, incentivizing them to engage in securitization. Firms have stronger incentive to securitize when the cost of securitization is lower or the underlying assets are less liquid.

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  • Fan, Zhongjie & Liu, Zehao & Tang, Dunzhe, 2024. "Information cost and securitization," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 239(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:239:y:2024:i:c:s016517652400243x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111759
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    Keywords

    Information sensitivity; Securitization; Information cost;
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    JEL classification:

    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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