We review the literature on wealth effects associated with the announcements of convertible bond and warrant-bond offerings. The findings of 35 event studies, which include 84 sub-samples and 6,310 announcements, are analysed using meta-analysis. We find a mean cumulative abnormal return of...

Using a large proprietary database of transaction-level institutional trades for the period from 1997-2011, we find that institutional investors are net sellers in dividend reduction firms during the two quarters prior to the announcements. They also trade more intensively in firms that do not...