Abstract
This paper is the first to use loan level data to investigate the relationship between equity volatility and financial leverage on the firm level. We use a comprehensive dataset of large syndicated loans with a total loan amount in excess of 12 trillion USD. This allows us to precisely identify when a company experiences a large change in leverage. In contrast to several previous studies that have relied only on accounting data, we find very clear results that increased financial leverage increases equity volatility. Our findings are robust to controlling for time trends in variance as well as the type and purpose of the loan.
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