Risk Taking and Interest Rates : Evidence from Decades in the Global Syndicated Loan Market /

We study how low interest rates in the United States affect risk taking in the market of crossborder leveraged corporate loans. To the extent that actions of the Federal Reserve affect U.S. interest rates, our analysis provides evidence of a cross-border spillover effect of monetary policy. We find...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lee, Seung
Other Authors: Liu, Lucy Qian, Stebunovs, Viktors
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/016
Online Access:Full text available on IMF