What's wrong with rights?
We investigate a failure cost hypothesis of equity flotation mechanism choice, in which the expected failure cost of non-underwritten rights offerings influences the underwriting decision. Although issuers can, in theory, completely self-insure these offerings with a sufficiently low subscription pr...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2012
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3284 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1698626 |
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| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | We investigate a failure cost hypothesis of equity flotation mechanism choice, in which the expected failure cost of non-underwritten rights offerings influences the underwriting decision. Although issuers can, in theory, completely self-insure these offerings with a sufficiently low subscription price, we find evidence consistent with constraints in subscription price-setting - subscription price signals project quality, and the propensity to underwrite is decreasing in expected overall takeup. We also find that firm ownership concentration is inversely related to the likelihood of underwriting only because of its positive relation with subscription precommitment, a supplementary insurance mechanism. These results support the failure cost hypothesis as a potential explanation for the rights issue paradox. |
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