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Scientific journal paper
Q2
Journal Title
Journal of Financial Services Research
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Language
English
Country
United States of America
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Abstract
In this paper, we examine the influence of owner guarantees on loan rates. Other studies on the influence of business collateral have used survey and credit register data to establish this link. They support it with the pre-lending information theory and post-lending incentive theory and find that the latter predominates the former. Thus, we measure observed and unobserved risks on bank lending spreads negotiated over the counter to show the co-existence of both theories. The main findings and robustness tests show that owner guarantees reduce bank lending spreads for safe but not risky firms, supporting the pre-lending information theory rather than the post-lending incentive theory. These findings underscore the role of owner guarantees in allaying the information problems the bank confronts prior to lending.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through projects and grants: UID/ECO/04105/2020, UIDB/04630/2020, UIDB/00315/2020 (DOI:https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00315/2020) and PTDC/IIM-FIN/7188/2014.
Keywords
Signaling and incentives,Banks,Firm financing,Business fluctuations
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Economics and Business - Social Sciences
Funding Records
Funding Reference | Funding Entity |
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ID/ECO/04105/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
PTDC/IIM-FIN/7188/2014 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
UIDB/00315/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
IDB/04630/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
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