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Regulatory arbitrage as it relates to securitization in the 1980s stems from the fact that financing mortgages was less costly in the capital markets than on the balance sheets of thrifts

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This also led to the financial crisis. Any time there are a high number of banks or lenders practising regulatory ...

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