How Do Lead Banks Use Their Private Information about Loan Quality in the Syndicated Loan Market?
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DOI: 10.26509/frbc-wp-201616r2
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- Balasubramanyan, Lakshmi & Berger, Allen N. & Koepke, Matthew M., 2019. "How do lead banks use their private information about loan quality in the syndicated loan market?," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 53-78.
- Lakshmi Balasubramanyan & Allen N. Berger & Matthew Koepke, 2016. "How Do Lead Banks Use Their Private Information about Loan Quality in the Syndicated Loan Market?," Working Papers (Old Series) 1616, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
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Keywords
private information; loan sales; syndication; Lead bank;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2019-05-13 (Banking)
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