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being credit rationed, loan size, and the probability of bankruptcy using household-level data from the Japanese Panel … credit rationed and decreases loan size. Furthermore, we find that better judicial enforcement increases the probability of …
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We analyze the role of debt in persuading an entrepreneur to pay out cash flows, rather than to divert them. In the first part of the paper we study the optimal debt contract -- specifically, the trade-off between the size of the loan and the repayment -- under the assumption that some debt...
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Tax-qualified retirement plans seek to promote saving for retirement, yet most employers permit pre- retirement access by letting 401(k) participants borrow plan assets. This paper examines who borrows and why, and who defaults on their loans. Our administrative dataset tracks several hundred...
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In many countries, bankruptcy is associated with low recovery by creditors. We develop a model of corporate credit … markets in such an environment. Corporate credit is provided by either a bond market or risk-averse banks. Restructuring of … borrowers will use bank loans anywhere, but also bonds when bankruptcy is efficient. The model matches empirical debt mix …
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We study how the macroeconomic dynamics following credit cycles vary with business bankruptcy institutions. Using data … on bankruptcy efficiency and business credit around the world, we document that business credit booms are followed by … contrary, in settings with well functioning business bankruptcy, the aftermath of credit booms is characterized by moderate …
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A binding interest rate cap on household savings is a common form of financial repression in developing economies and typically benefits banks. Using proprietary data from a leading Chinese FinTech company, we study Fintech's role in ending financial repression in China through the introduction...
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This paper is the first to study the effect of financial restatement on bank loan contracting. Compared with loans …
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This paper examines the use of credit derivatives by US bank holding companies from 1999 to 2003 with assets in excess …'s loan portfolio and negatively or not related to other types of bank loans. The use of credit derivatives by banks is … of one billion dollars. Using the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Bank Holding Company Database, we find that in 2003 …
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This paper examines the effect that the coexistence of small and large banks, with different interests in the international market, has on the debt renegotiation process. Making use of a reputational model, we argue that the presence of small banks implies that debtor countries have a harder...
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. Using branch-level deposit rate data, we find little evidence for market discipline as rates are similar across bank … correlated with loan growth in other states in which their bank has some presence, suggesting internal capital markets help … reallocate the bank's funding …
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