Loan Agreement Text Data: Contract Texts, Parsed Sections, and Clause Breakpoints from SEC EDGAR Filings (1996–2017)

This dataset contains the full text of private loan agreements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via the EDGAR database, covering the period 1996–2017. The data accompanies: Ganglmair, Bernhard and Malcolm Wardlaw. "Complexity, Standardization, and the Design of Loan Agreements." Working Paper. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2952567 Any use of this dataset should also cite the affiliated paper.