The externalities of fire sales: evidence from collateralized loan obligations

Shohini Kundu

No 141, ESRB Working Paper Series from European Systemic Risk Board

Abstract: This paper investigates how covenants, intrinsic to Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) indentures, may amplify idiosyncratic shocks, imposing negative externalities on unrelated firms in CLO portfo-lios. Following a negative shock to the oil & gas industry, CLOs with exposure to oil and gas loans are pushed closer to their covenant thresholds and fire-sell unrelated loans in the secondary loan market to alleviate these constraints. These fire sales exert price pressure on the securities of unrelated firms, creating market dislocations. The erosion in the liquidity positions of exposed firms spills over into real economic activity. The findings highlight the real effects from fire sales arising due to contracting frictions. JEL Classification: E44, G23, E32

Keywords: CLOs; closed-end funds; contracting frictions; covenants; externalities; fire sales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03
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