Loan guarantees and the cost of debt: evidence from China

Bin Liu, Charles Cullinan, Junrui Zhang and Fangjun Wang

Applied Economics, 2016, vol. 48, issue 38, 3626-3643

Abstract: In this article, we examine the potential influence of loan guarantees and the nature of ownership on a company’s cost of debt. Using data on Chinese A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2014, we find that guaranteeing another entity’s debt significantly increases the guarantor’s cost of its own debt. Regarding the nature of ownership, our results indicate that the cost of debt for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is lower than that for non-SOEs. Among SOEs, firms controlled by the central government have lower cost of debt than firms controlled by local governments. We also find some evidence that local government ownership mitigates the effects of loan guarantees on the cost of a guarantor’s own debt.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1142658

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