To Pool or Not to Pool? Security Design in OTC Markets

36 Pages Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last revised: 26 Jun 2022

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Vincent Glode

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Christian C. Opp

University of Rochester - Simon Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Ruslan Sverchkov

University of Warwick - Warwick Business School

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Date Written: September 23, 2021

Abstract

We study security issuers' decisions on whether to pool assets when facing counterparties endowed with market power, as is common in over-the-counter markets. Our analysis reveals how buyers' market power may render the pooling of assets suboptimal --- both privately and socially --- in particular, when the potential gains from trade are large. Pooling assets then reduces the elasticity of trade volume in the relevant part of the payoff distribution, exacerbating the inefficient rationing associated with the exercise of buyers' market power. Our analysis provides insight on the determinants of asset-backed securities issuance, including regulatory reforms affecting financial institutions' liquidity.

Keywords: Pooling; Adverse selection; Imperfect competition; Decentralized markets

JEL Classification: D82, G32, L14

Suggested Citation

Glode, Vincent and Opp, Christian C. and Sverchkov, Ruslan, To Pool or Not to Pool? Security Design in OTC Markets (September 23, 2021). Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2871374 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2871374

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Christian C. Opp

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Ruslan Sverchkov

University of Warwick - Warwick Business School ( email )

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