TY - JOUR
T1 - Key Factors Affecting Internationally Active Banks' Decisions to Participate in Loan Syndications
AU - Altunbas, Yener
AU - Gadanecz, Blaise
AU - Kara, Alper
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The impact of banks’ financial characteristics on their decisions to participate in loan syndications is assessed. From the analysis, it appears that poorly performing banks tend, on average, to be more involved in syndications. Policymakers should perhaps monitor more closely the concentration of credit risk associated with syndicated loans held on the books of under-performing banks.
AB - The impact of banks’ financial characteristics on their decisions to participate in loan syndications is assessed. From the analysis, it appears that poorly performing banks tend, on average, to be more involved in syndications. Policymakers should perhaps monitor more closely the concentration of credit risk associated with syndicated loans held on the books of under-performing banks.
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rael20/current
U2 - 10.1080/1350485042000338617
DO - 10.1080/1350485042000338617
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 249
EP - 253
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
SN - 1350-4851
IS - 4
ER -