Syndicated Loans in Emerging Markets

LARGE Working Paper No. 87

34 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2008

See all articles by Christophe J. Godlewski

Christophe J. Godlewski

University of Strasbourg - Faculty of Law and Business; EM Strasbourg Business School; LaRGE Research Center

Laurent Weill

University of Strasbourg - LaRGE Research Center (Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion et Economie)

Date Written: March 2007

Abstract

There has been a considerable expansion of the volume of syndicated loans in emerging markets in the recent years. We provide the first analysis of the determinants of the decision of banks to syndicate a loan on a sample of loan facilities from 50 emerging countries. We show the significant role of loan characteristics and of financial development, banking regulation, and legal institutions, on the decision to syndicate a loan. We support the efforts of authorities to increase banking competition and efficiency, and to implement binding banking regulation on capital requirement to promote the expansion of syndicated loans.

Keywords: Bank, Loan, Syndication, Emerging Markets, Logit Regressions.

JEL Classification: G21, C25.

Suggested Citation

Godlewski, Christophe J. and Weill, Laurent, Syndicated Loans in Emerging Markets (March 2007). LARGE Working Paper No. 87, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1126392 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1126392

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