Is language priced? evidence from bank loan contracting

Yalu Xie, Chong Wang and Feng (Harry) Wu

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2023, vol. 30, issue 3, 745-768

Abstract: Previous studies document that firms in countries speaking languages with strong future time reference (FTR), which more sharply dissociates the future from the present, engage in less future-oriented corporate behaviors relating to their default and information risks. We find that strong FTR influences creditors’ pricing of bank loan contracts: banks design more unfavorable loan terms to strong-FTR borrowers, including larger loan spread, higher likelihood of collateral requirement, and more covenants. This effect can be mitigated by a country’s strong governance. We confirm that strong FTR is associated with higher default and information risks of borrowing firms. Overall, our findings suggest that language represents a distinctive risk to banks which is priced in the loan market.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2021.2003211

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