Allen N. Berger , Christa H.S. Bouwman , Lars Norden , Raluca A. Roman , Gregory F. Udell , Teng Wang
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Is a friend in need a friend indeed? How relationship borrowers fare during the COVID-19 crisis
We challenge the existing relationship lending literature on how banks manage their relationships with corporate borrowers during crises. We test theories of intertemporal smoothing during the closure period of the COVID-19 crisis when borrowers are in great need of relationship benefits. We find that relationship borrowers receive worse rather than more favorable loan contract terms than others during this period. These and other results provide novel evidence on the functioning of relationship lending during a pandemic and contrast existing evidence gleaned from banking and financial crises.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Financial Intermediation seeks to publish research in the broad areas of financial intermediation, financial market structure, corporate finance, risk management, and valuation.