Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The Subprime Panic *

The Subprime Panic * Understanding the ongoing credit crisis or panic requires understanding the designs of a number of interlinked securities, special purpose vehicles, and derivatives, all related to subprime mortgages. I describe the relevant securities, derivatives, and vehicles to show: (1) how the chain of interlinked securities was sensitive to house prices; (2) how asymmetric information was created via complexity; (3) how the risk was spread in an opaque way; and (4) how trade in the ABX indices (linked to subprime bonds) allowed information to be aggregated and revealed. These details are at the heart of the origin of the Panic of 2007. The events of the panic are described. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Financial Management Wiley

The Subprime Panic *

European Financial Management , Volume 15 (1) – Jan 1, 2009

Loading next page...
 
/lp/wiley/the-subprime-panic-gHGqzwAKQY

References (85)

Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 2008 The Author Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
ISSN
1354-7798
eISSN
1468-036X
DOI
10.1111/j.1468-036X.2008.00473.x
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Understanding the ongoing credit crisis or panic requires understanding the designs of a number of interlinked securities, special purpose vehicles, and derivatives, all related to subprime mortgages. I describe the relevant securities, derivatives, and vehicles to show: (1) how the chain of interlinked securities was sensitive to house prices; (2) how asymmetric information was created via complexity; (3) how the risk was spread in an opaque way; and (4) how trade in the ABX indices (linked to subprime bonds) allowed information to be aggregated and revealed. These details are at the heart of the origin of the Panic of 2007. The events of the panic are described.

Journal

European Financial ManagementWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2009

There are no references for this article.