The value of investment banking relationships: Evidence from the collapse of Lehman brothers

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Fernando, Chitru S.
Megginson, William L.
May, Anthony D.
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2012-02
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Fernando C.S., Megginson W.L., and May A.D. 2012. "The value of investment banking relationships: Evidence from the collapse of Lehman brothers". Journal of Finance.67 (1): 235-270.
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We examine the long-standing question of whether firms derive value from investment bank relationships by studying how the Lehman collapse affected industrial firms that received underwriting, advisory, analyst, and market-making services from Lehman. Equity underwriting clients experienced an abnormal return of around –5%, on average, in the 7 days surrounding Lehman's bankruptcy, amounting to $23 billion in aggregate risk-adjusted losses. Losses were especially severe for companies that had stronger and broader security underwriting relationships with Lehman or were smaller, younger, and more financially constrained. Other client groups were not adversely affected.

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John Wiley and Sons
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Journal of Finance;2012:, v.67, no.1
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0022-1082
1540-6261
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