We explore how an accounting measure of information asymmetry between lead and participating lenders influences syndication structures by examining whether lead lenders' commercial and industrial (C&I) loan loss provision validity affects the fraction of loans they retain. Consistent with C&I...

In this study, we seek to understand whether soft information conveyed by contracting language found in private loan agreements is informative regarding borrower risk. We proxy for credit-risk-relevant soft information using Loughran and McDonald's (2011) uncertainty measure. We first examine...