Networking Behind the Scenes: Institutional Cross-Industry Holdings and Corporate Loan Markets
研究发现机构投资者同时持有工业和金融业公司股份，形成跨行业网络，能降低企业贷款利差，且这种网络并非源于银企过往合作，而是通过机构持股建立。
Institutional investors increasingly hold firms in both the industrial and financial sectors. These cross-industry holdings link firms to “outside” banks that they have not borrowed from, creating a network between the two sectors. We show that such networks reduce firms’ loan spreads. This effect is more prominent when cross-holders are actively involved in borrowers’ routine operations and when they have stronger incentives to advocate for borrowers in the loan process. Furthermore, outside banks begin to lend more to firms once the two parties become linked. This network is “behind-the-scenes” because it does not arise from prior interactions between firms and banks, but is instead built through institutions’ cross-holdings. This paper was accepted by Victoria Ivashina, finance. Supplemental Material: The data files and online appendices are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4911 .