The impact of the 2007/2008 financial crisis on leveraged buyouts spreads

This research aims to understand the influence of the determinant factors of the pricing of loans in LBOs, in particular the impact of the 2007/2008 financial crisis and the term structure of loans of the LBO spreads. This study uses a sample of 1,196 syndicated loans closed from 2000 to 2016. Resul...

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Autor principal: Leite, Francisco Mota Falcão (author)
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2018
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26363
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/26363
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Resumo:This research aims to understand the influence of the determinant factors of the pricing of loans in LBOs, in particular the impact of the 2007/2008 financial crisis and the term structure of loans of the LBO spreads. This study uses a sample of 1,196 syndicated loans closed from 2000 to 2016. Results suggests that spreads are different in a market-based versus bank-based financial system and in United States versus Western Europe, and that during the crisis period countries in a market-based financial system and United States deal with higher spreads. In what concerns other relevant results, we also find that the variable EBITDA/Sales, or EBITDA margin, has impact in a bank-based financial system with an increase on spreads, whereas the impact in Western Europe is significant and tends to decrease the spreads.