On Loan Sales, Loan Contracting, and Lending Relationships

FDIC Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. WP 2007-04

46 Pages Posted: 3 Aug 2006

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Steven Drucker

Renaissance Technologies LLC - Meritage Group

Manju Puri

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business; NBER

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Date Written: March 2007

Abstract

This paper examines the secondary market for loan sales, focusing on whether loan contract design can reduce agency problems in loan sales and the benefits and costs to corporate borrowers. We argue that covenants aid loan sales by protecting the loan buyer from potential losses caused by informationally-advantaged borrowers and loan sellers. Using loan-level data, we find that sold loans contain more restrictive covenant packages, particularly when agency problems are more severe. Why do borrowers agree to incur the additional costs associated with loan sales? We show that borrowers whose loans are sold have high leverage ratios, and loan sales increase their access to loans. Also, contrary to concerns that loan sales weaken lending relationships, we find more durable lending relationships when loans are sold.

Keywords: Loan Sales, Covenants, Financial Contracting, Lending

JEL Classification: G21, G32

Suggested Citation

Drucker, Steven and Puri, Manju, On Loan Sales, Loan Contracting, and Lending Relationships (March 2007). FDIC Center for Financial Research Working Paper No. WP 2007-04 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=920877 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.920877

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