Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7356043 | Journal of Accounting and Economics | 2017 | 60 Pages |
Abstract
We identify covenants in commercial loan contracts that require public borrowers to periodically disclose two types of accounting-related private information to lenders: projected financial statements for future periods and monthly historical financial statements. We hypothesize and provide evidence that: (1) loan contracts include these covenants in settings where they enhance lenders' loan contract monitoring; (2) the covenants are positively associated with the frequency of loan contract amendments; and (3) lenders trade on the borrower private information they receive in secondary loan markets. We further show that the two types of covenants have predictably different determinants and effects.
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Authors
Richard Carrizosa, Stephen G. Ryan,