We construct a novel panel dataset on insider ownership for about 600 U.S. bank holding companies from 2003 to 2014 and evaluate whether ownership structure influences banks' equity composition and recapitalization decisions around the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Before the crisis, banks with...

This study evaluates changes in firms' capital structures after a seasoned equity offering by testing the effects of firm-specific factors on leverage ratios. The relationship between the determined dependent variables and firm-specific factors is associated with the predictions of pecking order...

This paper uses a simplified two-sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of central bank and commercial banking sector to simulate the impact of commercial banks’ credit expansion on its equity finance. The empirical tests using data of China's listed banks confirm the theoretical...

This paper examines environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance around seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). A firm may improve ESG performance prior to SEOs to the extent that it believes that investors will be more favorable to firms with better ESG performance (window-dressing...

AbstractThis paper examines the relationship between Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEOs) and corporate innovation, based on data of China's A-share listed companies from 2010 to 202. The empirical results show that SEOs have a significant positive impact on company patents and citations. The...

The fact that companies incur substantial costs when issuing new equity has been extensively documented in the empirical finance literature. In particular, numerous studies show that seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) tend to be priced significantly below prevailing market prices, thereby causing...

This paper investigates the impact of ETF ownership on seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). We find that increases to firms’ ETF ownership is positively related to their propensity to conduct an SEO. ETF ownership is also associated with less negative SEO announcement returns, smaller discounts,...

This paper investigates how U.S. private firms communicate with equity investors around private capital raising. Using multiple research methods, including survey, interview, and archival analysis, I provide systematic evidence on private firms’ public and private disclosure practices. I find...

We study the macroeconomic consequences of asymmetric information between firms and external investors. To do so, we develop a heterogeneous firm macro model in which firms have private information about their quality. Private information creates a lemons problem in the market for external...

Using a large database of U.S. seasoned equity offering (SEO) announcements from 2010 to 2015, we examine the effects of several explanatory variables-firm specific, macroeconomic, fixed income, and stock market variables-on the announcement period abnormal stock returns and on the longer-run...

The authors compare the post-issue stock and operating performance of rights issue versus public offer firms using Korean data. The authors find that the stock returns of rights issue firms are less negative than those of public offering firms during the three years subsequent to the seasoned...

Using a comprehensive sample of Chinese seasoned equity offerings, we compare three major equity flotation methods employed by listed firms in China: public offering, rights offering, and private placements. The dominant flotation method changed significantly around 2005. We examine the...

Using a large sample of bank seasoned equity offerings (SEO) from 2002 to 2017, we first documented detailed descriptive statistics, and showed that nonperforming assets ratio, our primary measure of bank asset quality, reached the highest value immediately after the 2008 economic crisis, which...

Using a large sample of bank seasoned equity offerings (SEO) from 2002 to 2017, we first document detailed descriptive statistics, and showed that nonperforming assets ratio, our primary measure of bank asset quality, reached the highest value immediately after the 2008 economic crisis, which...

External networks are usually believed to add value to firms, but what happens when the connected parties have conflicting interests in a transaction? We study the impact of social connections between seasoned equity offering (SEO) issuers and their investment banks on the outcomes of the SEO....

Post-issue stock underperformance is driven, at least in part, by the contemporary decline in idiosyncratic risk (proxied by idiosyncratic volatility) exposure for seasoned equity offerings (SEO) firms. As young firms dominate the SEO market, they generally face higher uncertainty of mean...

This paper studies the influence of central bank lending operations on the announcement effects of European banks’ seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). We find that larger participation in lending operations is associated with more negative cumulative abnormal returns following the announcement....

Since the adoption of the SEC's Rule 10b-21 in 1988, many researchers have been concerned over the effectiveness of short sales constraints in preventing manipulative trading in the derivatives market. We analyze whether options can be used as synthetic short sale instruments to manipulate stock...

This paper analyzes the role of Corporate Social Responsibility during seasoned equity offerings. On an international dataset, I identify a positive relationship between CSR performance and SEO announcement returns that is weakened, if the level of investor protection is high. At the same time,...

Using hand collected data from offering prospectuses and other corporate filings, we examine the market response to real estate investment trust (REIT) follow-on stock offerings’ stated uses of proceeds. We also track REIT banking relationships over time. Consistent with the idea of bank...

Using a large database of U.S. seasoned equity offering (SEO) announcements from 2010 to 2015, we examine the effects of several explanatory variables – firm specific, macroeconomic, fixed income, and stock market variables - on the announcement period abnormal stock returns and on the...