Financial Law and Risk Control

The Alchemy of Asset Securitization

Steven L. Schwarcz

Year
1994
Venue
Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance
Level
Advanced
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Summary

Explains how securitization transforms pools of receivables into marketable securities through bankruptcy remoteness, credit enhancement, and risk allocation. The article is a transactional foundation for analyzing structured finance.

Citation

Steven L. Schwarcz. "The Alchemy of Asset Securitization." Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, 1994.

BibTeX

@article{Schwarcz1994The,
  title = {The Alchemy of Asset Securitization},
  author = {Steven L. Schwarcz},
  year = {1994},
  journal = {Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance},
  url = {https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/988/}
}
Original source: Duke Law Scholarship Repository

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