Aligning debt and equity claimant interests: Evidence from dual claim investors

Xijia Xu

Journal of Banking & Finance, 2009, vol. 33, issue 12, 2227-2240

Abstract: This study investigates how investors that own both equity and debt in the same firm affect other shareholders in the firm. It documents that dual claim investors are quite prevalent among the industrial firms listed in the Russell 3000, with over 20% of them having a bank holding company that owns both debt and equity in the firm. The results imply that shareholders are substantially impacted by the presence of dual claim investors in firms, suggesting that relatively small ownership stakes by dual claim banks are associated with greater conflicts of interest among shareholders and debt holders; while relatively large bank equity stakes may benefit outside shareholders when aligned with loan by dual claim banks because they improve bank monitoring incentives and reduce the agency cost of debt.

Keywords: Ownership; structure; Corporate; governance; Agency; conflicts; Bank; holding; company; Controlling; shareholder; Loan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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