TY - JOUR
T1 - Real Assets, Collateral and the Limits of Debt Capacity
AU - Giambona, Erasmo
AU - Mello, Antonio S.
AU - Riddiough, Timothy J.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We develop a model in which better quality firms separate themselves by issuing unsecured debt and committing to maintain a strong balance sheet, something lower-quality firms find too costly to do. Lower-quality firms, in contrast, pledge real assets in secured debt transactions. However, during turbulent financial periods, pooling occurs in the secured debt market, which raises the average quality of firms in that market. We use the 1998 Russian crisis together with the role played by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for apartment REITs to highlight the relation between financing outcomes and firm type.
AB - We develop a model in which better quality firms separate themselves by issuing unsecured debt and committing to maintain a strong balance sheet, something lower-quality firms find too costly to do. Lower-quality firms, in contrast, pledge real assets in secured debt transactions. However, during turbulent financial periods, pooling occurs in the secured debt market, which raises the average quality of firms in that market. We use the 1998 Russian crisis together with the role played by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for apartment REITs to highlight the relation between financing outcomes and firm type.
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U2 - 10.1111/1540-6229.12207
DO - 10.1111/1540-6229.12207
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021838019
JO - Real Estate Economics
JF - Real Estate Economics
SN - 1080-8620
ER -