This paper demonstrates that renegotiation will increase initial collateral requirements in debt contracts under moral hazard. Hence, it confirms Smith and Warner's conjecture that severity of contractual covenants and ease of renegotiating debt contracts are positively related, in case where the covenant provision is collateral.
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Univ So Calif, Dept Finance & Business Econ, Marshall Sch Business, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USAUniv So Calif, Dept Finance & Business Econ, Marshall Sch Business, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA