Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5100568 | Journal of Financial Economics | 2017 | 75 Pages |
Abstract
High loan fees generate short-selling constraints and, therefore, reduce price efficiency. Despite the importance of loan fees, empirical evidence on their determinants is scarce. Using a market-wide deal-by-deal data set on the Brazilian equity lending market which uniquely identifies borrowers, brokers, and lenders, we are able to construct a proxy of search costs at the borrower-stock-day level. We find that-for the same stock, on the same day-borrowers with higher search costs pay significantly higher loan fees. Our results suggest that regulators should encourage the use of a centralized lending platform to reduce search costs in the lending market.
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Authors
Fernando Chague, Rodrigo De-Losso, Alan De Genaro, Bruno Giovannetti,