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We show that small firms using syndicated loans for their mid- and long-term financial needs have significantly higher leverage than firms that do not borrow in this market. This difference cannot be attributed to firm characteristics like the availability of growth opportunities, asset...
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Using Moody's “Ultimate Recovery Database,” we estimate a model for bank loan recoveries using variables reflecting loan and borrower characteristics, industry and macroeconomic conditions, and several recovery process variables. We find that loan characteristics are more significant...
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We study whether investment banks, which began to originate syndicated loans in 1996, price debt claims differently than commercial banks. Differences between the two institution types in funding access, regulation, accounting rules, scope economies, and the relevance of relationships could...
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We analyze the relatively new phenomenon of ratings on syndicated loans. We examine whether credit ratings on these loans convey information to the capital markets. Our event study results show that while initial ratings and upgrades do not inform the market, downgrades do. The market...
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