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Debt Maturity, Risk, and Asymmetric Information
Marco A Espinosa-VegaAllen N. BergerW. Scott FrameMr.Nathan H. Miller
出版International Monetary Fund, 2005-10-01
主題Business & Economics / Money & Monetary PolicyBusiness & Economics / Industries / Financial ServicesBusiness & Economics / Banks & Banking
ISBN14518622029781451862201
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=qWdZmgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋We test the implications of Flannery's (1986) and Diamond's (1991) models concerning the effects of risk and asymmetric information in determining debt maturity, and we examine the overall importance of informational asymmetries in debt maturity choices. We employ data on over 6,000 commercial loans from 53 large U.S. banks. Our results for low-risk firms are consistent with the predictions of both theoretical models, but our findings for high-risk firms conflict with the predictions of Diamond's model and with much of the empirical literature. Our findings also suggest a strong quantitative role for asymmetric information in explaining debt maturity.