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 Paris Nanterre, EconomiX, CNRS, Nanterre, France
PSL Res Univ, Univ Paris Dauphine, LeDA, IRD,DIAL,UMR 225,PSL, Paris, FranceUniv Paris Nanterre, EconomiX, CNRS, Nanterre, France