We investigate bank loans' specialness with a particular focus on the recent boom and bust cycle. We perform an … January 2000 and December 2009. We find a significant and negative reaction to bank loan announcements which is mostly driven … by loan provided during the crisis period. We also document significant changes in bank behavior over the boom and bust …

lead bank's reputation in making future syndicated loan participation and lending decisions. We apply ordered probit … European syndicated lending market between 1999 and 2009. We find that the prestige of the lead bank in the first syndicate … this effect drops to 30% when syndicating with a top 20 arranger. Establishing participant-lead bank relationships …

This article provides empirical evidence on the determinants of multiple bank loan renegotiations in Europe over the …

The aim of this paper is to empirically investigate the determinants of creditor concentration in the use of bank loans … relative to bank lending concentration. We find that firms tend to diversify sources of financing by reducing bank …

I investigate the effects of bank loan renegotiation on firm's financial and investment policies, and performances. I … long-time period. I find that bank loan renegotiation has an economically significant and causal impact on financial policy …, implying important effects of firm's tangibility, growth, opportunities and cash on financial policy and performances. Bank …

prediction using a sample of more than 3,000 loans from 19 European countries. We perform regressions of the number of bank …

We investigate bank loans' specialness with a particular focus on the recent boom and bust cycle. We perform an … January 2000 and December 2009. We find a significant and negative reaction to bank loan announcements which is mostly driven … by loan provided during the crisis period. We also document significant changes in bank behavior over the boom and bust …

bank loans from 43 countries. We test whether the degree information asymmetries affects the link between the presence of …