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Anderson Graduate School of Management– Finance
UC Los Angeles
Title:Loan Commitments and Credit Demand Uncertainty
Author:Greenbaum, Stuart, Northwestern UniversityKanatas, George, Indiana UniversityVenezia, Itzhak, Hebrew University
Publication Date:03-01-1990
Publication Info:Finance, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UC Los Angeles
Permalink:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5r6003pq
Abstract:We provide an explanation for loan commitments unrelated to borrower credit-worthiness. Inour model, banks can use loan commitments to reduce uncertainty regarding their own futurefunding needs. Given a cost advantage to banks that can acquire such information, there exists anequilibrium demand for commitments by risk-neutral firms. The purchase of the loan commitmentand the choice of contract terms reveals the buyer's private information regarding future creditneeds. In order to ensure the sorting of the a priori indistinguishable applicants according to theirprivate information, we show that a usage fee applied to the commitment-holder's unused creditline is necessary.