TY - UNPD A1 - Bannier, Christina E. A1 - Hänsel, Dennis N. T1 - Determinants of banks' engagement in loan securitization T2 - Universität Frankfurt am Main. Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften: [Working paper series / Finance and accounting] Working paper series, Finance & Accounting ; No. 171 N2 - This paper provides new insights into the nature of loan securitization. We analyze the use of collateralized loan obligation (CLO) transactions by European banks from 1997 to 2004 andtry to identify the influence that various firm-specific and macroeconomic factors may have on an institution's securitization decision. We find that not only regulatory capital arbitrage under Basel I has been driving the market. Rather, 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. T3 - Working paper series / Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften : Finance & Accounting - 171 KW - securitization KW - credit risk transfer KW - collateralized loan obligations KW - Bankkredit KW - Wertpapier Y1 - 2006 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1641 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-37977 PB - Univ., Fachbereich Wirtschaftswiss. CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -