Bank Debt versus Bond Debt: Evidence from Secondary Market Prices

被引:41
作者
Altman, Edward I. [1 ]
Gande, Amar [2 ]
Saunders, Anthony [1 ]
机构
[1] NYU, Dept Finance, Stern Sch Business, New York, NY 10003 USA
[2] So Methodist Univ, Edwin L Cox Sch Business, Dept Finance, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
关键词
bonds; default; loans; monitoring; FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION; LENDING RELATIONSHIPS; LOAN SALES; INFORMATION; CREDIT;
D O I
10.1111/j.1538-4616.2010.00306.x
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
This paper uses a new data set of daily secondary market prices of loans to analyze the specialness of banks as monitors. Consistent with a monitoring advantage of loans over bonds, we find the secondary loan market to be informationally more efficient than the secondary bond market prior to a loan default. Specifically, we find that secondary market loan returns Granger cause secondary market bond returns prior to a loan default. In contrast, secondary market bond returns do not Granger cause secondary market loan returns prior to a loan default.
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页码:755 / 767
页数:13
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