The cost of bank loans in relation to bonds swapped into a floating rate
论证银行从不以低于Libor的利率放贷，并利用1988-1991年数据说明Libor与转换为浮动利率的公司债券成本相关，且银行与债券市场对信用风险补偿的变化不同步。
Abstract Banks never lend at less than the interbank floating rate, LIBOR. We argue that this must be because it is insufficiently profitable for those that could lend at less than LIBOR to do so and discuss circumstances in which this would be the case. Using data from 1988–1991, we show that LIBOR varies in relation to the cost of corporate bonds swapped into a floating rate, and suggest that the relative cost of LIBOR may affect bank and bond market pricing policies. the data also indicates that changes in the compensation for credit risk demanded by the bank and bond markets are not synchronous, and that swap rates have an appreciable impact on the cost of bonds swapped into floating.