Bank Borrowers and Loan Sales: New Evidence on the Uniqueness of Bank Loans

41 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2002

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Sandeep Dahiya

Georgetown University - Department of Finance

Manju Puri

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business; NBER

Anthony Saunders

New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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Date Written: December 2001

Abstract

This paper examines the information content of the announcement of a sale of a borrower's loans by its lending bank. We find significant negative stock returns for the borrower on the loan sale announcement, particularly for sub-par loan sales, where the bank's information advantage is greatest. Further, a large proportion of these borrowers file for bankruptcy after the loan sale. The evidence supports the hypothesis that news of a bank loan sale conveys negative certification, validated by the subsequent performance of the firms whose loans are sold. We also find that selling banks are not significantly impacted.

Keywords: loan sales, commercial banks

JEL Classification: G2, G3

Suggested Citation

Dahiya, Sandeep and Puri, Manju and Saunders, Anthony, Bank Borrowers and Loan Sales: New Evidence on the Uniqueness of Bank Loans (December 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=316705 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.316705

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