Bank Lending Networks, Experience, Reputation, and Borrowing Costs: Empirical Evidence from the French Syndicated Lending Market

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 113-140

  Godlewski, Christophe J ^a   Sanditov, Bulat ^b   Burger Helmchen, Thierry ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Bank lending; Experience; Loan syndication; Reputation; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857918658     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2011.02269.x     Document Type: Article

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