Artikel

Financial debt contracting and managerial agency problems

This paper analyzes if lenders resolve managerial agency problems in loan contracts using sweep covenants. Sweeps require a (partial) prepayment when triggered and are included in many contracts. Exploiting exogenous reductions in analyst coverage due to brokerage house mergers and closures, we find that increased borrower opacity significantly increases sweep use. The effect is strongest for borrowers with higher levels of managerial entrenchment and if lenders hold both debt and equity in the firm. Overall, our results suggest that lenders implement sweep covenants to mitigate managerial agency problems by limiting contingencies of wealth expropriation.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Financial Management ; ISSN: 1755-053X ; Volume: 53 ; Year: 2024 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 99-118 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Klassifikation
Management
Thema
agency problems
covenant
loan contract
sweep provision

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Imbierowicz, Björn
Streitz, Daniel
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Wiley
(wo)
Hoboken, NJ
(wann)
2024

DOI
doi:10.1111/fima.12444
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Imbierowicz, Björn
  • Streitz, Daniel
  • Wiley

Entstanden

  • 2024

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