Do Creditor Rights Increase Employment Risk? Evidence from Loan Covenants
债权人权利是否增加就业风险?来自贷款契约的证据
ABSTRACT Using a regression discontinuity design, we provide evidence that there are sharp and substantial employment cuts following loan covenant violations, when creditors gain rights to accelerate, restructure, or terminate a loan. The cuts are larger at firms with higher financing frictions and with weaker employee bargaining power, and during industry and macroeconomic downturns, when employees have fewer job opportunities. Union elections that create new labor…