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Collateral, Renegotiation and the Value of Diffusely Held Debt

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  • Hege, U.
  • Mella-Barral, P.

    (Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research)

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Debt with many creditors is analyzed in a continuous-time pricing model of the levered firm. We specifically allow for debtor opportunism vis-a-vis a non-coordinated group of creditors, in form of repeated strategic renegotiation offers and default threats. We show that the creditors' initial entitlement to non-collateralized assets will be expropriated through exchange offers. Exchange offers successively increase the level of collateral until all assets are fully collateralized. The ex ante optimal debt contract is neither fully collateralized nor without any collateral. Diffusely held debt allows for a larger debt capacity and bears lower credit risk premia than privately held debt. We derive simple closed-form solutions for the value of equity and defaultable bonds. Numerical estimates show that the bond valuation is very sensitive to the correct specification of the debt renegotiation model.

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  1. Hege, U. & Mella-Barral, P., 2000. "Reorganization Law and Dilution Threats in Different Financial Systems," Discussion Paper 2000-50, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
  2. Hassan Naqvi, 2004. "The Valuation of Corporate Debt with Default Risk," Finance 0410010, EconWPA.

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