Altunbas, Yener; Kara, Alper; Marques-Ibanez, David - In: The European Journal of Finance 16 (2010) 5, pp. 437-458
Following the introduction of the euro, the markets for large debt financing experienced a historical expansion. We investigate the financial factors behind the issuance of syndicated loans for an extensive sample of euro area non-financial corporations. For the first time, we compare these...