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Information, Credit Risk, Lender Specialization and Loan Pricing: Evidence from the DIP Financing Market
Faculty Articles
  • Kenneth Daniels, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Gabriel G Ramirez, Kennesaw State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2008
Abstract

We provide an empirical support for theories of lender specialization using the recently developed market for Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) financing. The legal environment in which DIP financing operates represents a natural laboratory for testing determinants of lending specialization (e.g. lender choice). We find that the choice of lender is not driven by credit risk, but by information considerations and that this lending specialization has loan pricing effects. In short, banks (non-bank lenders) lend to more (less) transparent firms and at lower (higher) loan spreads. Our results are consistent with the interpretation that banks provide important and useful services.

Citation Information
Daniels, Kenneth, and Gabriel Ramirez. "Information, Credit Risk, Lender Specialization and Loan Pricing: Evidence from the DIP Financing Market." Journal of Financial Services Research 34.1 (2008): 35-59. Print.