Can Covered Bonds Resuscitate Residential Mortgage Finance in the United States? /

This paper considers the case for mortgage covered bonds as an alternative to the originate-to-distribute mortgage funding model. It argues that the economic incentives provided to market participants under the covered bonds model are less susceptible to moral hazard even while retaining the key ben...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Surti, Jay
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/277
Online Access:Full text available on IMF