We examine the factors that influence the structure (size and composition)of a commercial lending syndicate. We find that syndicates are smaller and more concentrated, as reflected in the Hirschman Herfindahl index for the lending group, when there is less information available about the...

This paper focuses on relative equity issue costs at commercial bank-affiliated and investment bank underwriters over the period 1995-99. We estimate models for the gross spreads associated with both IPOs and SEOs, but disaggregate the sample by type of underwriter. Our methods are driven by...

We suggest that the medium-term note market provides an excellent laboratory for exploring the relationships between yield, liquidity, and the label affixed to a financial instrument. Crabbe and Turner (1995) examined the liquidity issue and uncovered the counter-intuitive result that issue size...

We examine underwriting performances by commercial bank-affiliated firms (Section 20's) and traditional investment banks over the period 1995-98. We find that gross spreads are significantly lower in the case of Section 20 underwritings, but that yield spreads are not. Our sample includes a...

This paper analyzes the market for syndicated loans, a hybrid of public and private debt. The market is large (over $1 trillion in 1997) and growing rapidly. While loan sales have been heavily researched, there has been little work on syndications, which differ in character from sales. We...

This study examines the impact of the establishment of the Federal Reserve's source of strength policy on bank holding companies (BHCs). No significant change in share price or systematic risk was detected for BHCs with all healthy bank subsidiaries. In contrast, those BHCs with financially...

<title>Abstract</title> Studies of the role of venture capital in the IPO process generally assume that all venture capitalists are alike. We relax this assumption and focus on the role of venture capitalists affiliated with either commercial or investment banks. We find that firms backed by these bank venture...