Using Roberts (2015) loan-level data from 2000 to 2011, we find that the inception of CDS trading on reference firms' debt is associated with a decreased number and lower probability of amendments, restatements, and rollovers to existing lenders of bank loans. Reference firms are also less...

We analyze how Credit Default Swaps (CDS) affect bank incentives and borrower outcomes in renegotiations after covenant violations. Using a regression-discontinuity design and within lender-borrower variation, we find that CDS firms maintain investment after control rights shift to the creditor,...

Loan-Only Credit Default Swaps (LCDSs) are a new type of over-the-counter credit derivative that has emerged fairly recently. LCDSs share the purpose of Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) in that they allow trading the credit risk associated with some debt obligation. They have closed a gap that had...