This paper aims to evaluate an inference of bank internal PDs (Default Probabilities) on subsequent prepayments of variable rate institutional loans. Since variable rate loans hardly present an economic motivation for early prepayments in that they would not o er a cheaper re nancing...

We propose a novel framework for investigating learning dynamics on a competitive debt market. Observing a firm's survival of apparently distressed periods, the market eliminates asset value estimates that are too low to be consistent with the observed survival. Therefore, the firm's cost of...

How does a creditor’s learning from a firm’s strategic actions affect bankruptcy prediction, debt values, and optimal capital structure? We investigate a Leland (1994) setting augmented by asymmetric information on the firm’s asset value. Observing the firm’s survival of apparently...