Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211866 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Bank of Finland Discussion Papers No. 12/2000
Publisher: 
Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Abstract: 
We address the question of how lending market competition, measured by the bargaining power of banks, affects the agency costs of debt finance.It is shown that intensified lending market competition will lead to lower lending rates and investment return distributions which are shifted towards lower, but less risky returns.Consequently, it follows that increased lending market competition will reduce the agency cost of debt financing.Hence, our analysis does not lend support to the commonly held view that there would be a trade-off between more intensive lending market competition and higher agency costs of debt finance.
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ISBN: 
951-686-673-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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