کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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972592 | 1479780 | 2015 | 20 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• This theoretical paper examines the optimal allocation of collateral.
• A borrower secures a long-term loan with collateral that incurs high information costs and has a strong learning effect.
• A short-term loan has collateral that requires a small information investment.
• The maturity of a loan ought to match the maturity of the collateral asset.
This paper studies loan collateral and relationship banking. A firm has different loans (e.g. short-term and long-term loans) and alternative collateral assets. How does it allocate the collateral assets between the loans? It optimally secures a long-term loan with collateral that incurs high information costs initially and has a strong learning effect during the loan period (e.g. accounts receivables). A short-term loan is secured with collateral that requires low information investment and has a weak learning effect (e.g. government bonds). It is optimal to secure long-term loans with long-term collateral and short-term loans with short-term collateral. If the loan period is short, unsecured lending may be optimal.
Journal: The North American Journal of Economics and Finance - Volume 34, November 2015, Pages 22–41