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- Title
A Multistage Model of Loans and the Role of Relationships.
- Authors
Chakravarty, Sugato; Yilmazer, Tansel
- Abstract
We develop a multistage model of the loan granting process to understand the contradictory findings of the existing literature on bank-borrower relationships, credit availability, and loan rates. Upon estimating our model with the 1993, 1998, and 2003 versions of the Survey of Small Business Finances data set, we find that relationships matter in a borrower's decision whether to apply for a loan and in the loan approval/rejection decision by the financial institution. However, the effect of relationships on loan rates depends on the prevailing economic climate. While firms with preexisting relationships obtain credit at lower rates during periods of economic expansion, loan rates are not negatively correlated with preexisting relationships during periods of economic recession.
- Subjects
BANK loans; BANKING industry; SMALL business finance; FINANCIAL institutions; INVESTORS; INTEREST rates; PRIME rate; BUSINESS finance; GLOBAL Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- Publication
Financial Management (Wiley-Blackwell), 2009, Vol 38, Issue 4, p781
- ISSN
0046-3892
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1755-053X.2009.01056.x