01749cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006341 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451982176 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kiff, John. Asset Securitization and Optimal Retention / John Kiff, Michael Kisser. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (37 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper builds on recent research by Fender and Mitchell (2009) who show that if financial institutions securitize loans, retaining an interest in the equity tranche does not always induce the securitizer to diligently screen borrowers ex ante. We first determine the conditions under which this scenario becomes binding and further illustrate the implications for capital requirements. We then propose an extension to the existing model and also solve for optimal retention size. This also allows us to capture feedback effects from capital requirements into the maximization problem. Preliminary results show that equity tranche retention continues to best incentivize loan screening. Mode of access: Internet Kisser, Michael. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/074 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/074/001.2010.issue-074-en.xml IMF e-Library