Creditor Rights, Enforcement, and Bank Loans

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Kee-Hong Bae

York University - Schulich School of Business

Vidhan K. Goyal

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Date Written: October 15, 2007

Abstract

We examine whether differences in legal protection affect the size, maturity, and interest rate spread on loans to borrowers in 48 countries. Results show that banks respond to poor enforceability of contracts by reducing loan amounts, shortening loan maturities, and increasing loan spreads. These effects are both statistically significant and economically large. While stronger creditor rights reduce spreads, they do not seem to matter for loan size and maturity. Overall, we show that variation in enforceability of contracts matters a great deal more to how loans are structured and how they are priced.

Keywords: property rights, creditor rights, law, enforcement, investor protection, loan spreads, syndicate structure

JEL Classification: D23, G21, G32, K42

Suggested Citation

Bae, Kee-Hong and Goyal, Vidhan K., Creditor Rights, Enforcement, and Bank Loans (October 15, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=423820 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.423820

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