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Do Lending Relationships Affect Corporate Financial Policies?
Author(s) -
Aslan Hadiye
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
financial management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.647
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1755-053X
pISSN - 0046-3892
DOI - 10.1111/fima.12097
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , business , debt , monetary economics , net worth , affect (linguistics) , investment (military) , bank credit , investment decisions , financial system , finance , economics , behavioral economics , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , politics , computer science , political science , law
This paper provides new evidence on how lending relationships impact firms’ financing and investment decisions. I find that lending relationships have a significant impact on leverage ratios, issuance choices, and the investment structures of relationship borrowers. The influence of relationships is heightened for financially constrained firms. I find a significant decrease in leverage, net debt issuing, and investment activity in the aftermath of lender‐specific shocks to lending relationships, including announcements of bank write‐downs and downgrades in banks’ credit ratings. My findings are robust to controlling for confounding effects that might arise due to unobserved demand and relationship changes.