La reforma de la Ley de Propiedad transformó las transacciones aseguradas en China al permitir la utilización como garantías de una amplia clase de activos movibles. A través del método de «Diferencias en diferencias» se prueba que las compañías que operaban ex ante con más activos...

​This paper investigates if relationship lending and bank market concentration permit informational rent extraction through collateral. We use equity IPOs as informational shocks that erode rent seeking opportunities. Using unique loan data from China, we find collateral incidence increases...

By allowing large classes of movable assets to be used as collateral, the Property Law reform trans-formed the secured transactions in China. Difference-in-differences tests show firms operating with ex-ante more movable assets expand access to bank credit and prolong debt maturity. However, the...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine whether agency costs predict disciplinary takeover likelihood for the UK listed companies between 1986 and 2015. Design/methodology/approach: Using survival analysis, the approach is to identify candidates for disciplinary takeover on the basis of Tobin’s Q...

This paper investigates if relationship lending and bank market concentration permit informational rent extraction through collateral. We use equity IPOs as informational shocks that erode rent seeking opportunities. Using unique loan data from China, we find collateral incidence increases with...