We investigate how syndicate structure is influenced by the characteristics of the banking environment, such as banking market structure, financial development, banking regulation and supervision, and legal risk. The results of a cross‐country analysis performed on a sample of 15,586...

Bank loan syndicate structure can be considered as an organizational response to agency problems stemming from the syndication process. The banking environment also influences the syndication process. We investigate how syndicate structure is influenced by the characteristics of the banking...

I develop methods that produce consistent estimates of the Vasicek-Basel IRB (VAIRB) credit risk model parameters. I apply these methods to Moody's data on corporate defaults over the period 1920–2008 and assess the model fit and construct hypothesis tests using bootstrap methods. The results...

Using a recently developed method of causal inference, this paper estimates the additional up-front loan origination costs that a small business can expect to pay when it first borrows from a new lender. I compare firms that borrow from a previously unused financial institution with firms that...

Under the view that the market is a weighted and directed network, we model the Colombian money market within a spatial econometrics framework. By estimating two standard spatial econometric models, we study the cost of collateralized borrowing (i.e. sell/buy backs) among Colombian financial...

I investigate the effects of bank loan renegotiation on firm's financial and investment policies, and performances. I employ OLS and endogenous switching regime regressions using a large cross-country sample of loans issued and amended on a long-time period. I find that bank loan renegotiation...

Titman (1984) is the first to argue that non-financial stakeholders (customers, suppliers and employees) pass on their expected liquidation costs to the firm. In his framework, firms can influence the probability of liquidation by choosing an appropriate capital structure. Other studies have...

According to the finance literature, nonfinancial stakeholders (NFS), such as customers, suppliers, and employees, take into account their expected liquidation costs when dealing with a firm. In this framework, firms can influence their probability of liquidation by choosing an appropriate...

Business start-ups lack prior history and reputation, face high default risk, and have highly concentrated ownership. These unique characteristics result in information and incentive problems, which, combined with entrepreneurial control benefits, affect initial financing decisions. This paper...

Article proposes comparative studies of credit ratings of the leading Russian and international rating agencies. We analyze approaches and the possibility of comparison of agencies’ rating scales. Purpose of this analysis is to propose method and describe the criteria for comparison of rating...