Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?

We confirm prior evidence that bonds on average are offered at prices below their immediate post-offer secondary market prices. However, in cases where banks lead–manage their own bond offerings the underpricing is significantly less as compared with other non-self-marketed offerings. These findings...

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Main Authors: GOH, Jeremy C., YANG, Lisa (Zongfei)
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-83712024-08-20T03:24:23Z Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds? GOH, Jeremy C. YANG, Lisa (Zongfei) We confirm prior evidence that bonds on average are offered at prices below their immediate post-offer secondary market prices. However, in cases where banks lead–manage their own bond offerings the underpricing is significantly less as compared with other non-self-marketed offerings. These findings are robust across various matched samples and selection models. Our results suggest that the bond offering process is characterized by substantive agency conflicts between shareholders of corporations (issuers) and underwriters. 2024-02-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7372 info:doi/10.1017/S002210902200151X https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8371/viewcontent/do_underwriters_short_change_corporations_issuing_bonds_pvoa.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Underwriters bonds market prices Finance and Financial Management Portfolio and Security Analysis
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topic Underwriters
bonds
market prices
Finance and Financial Management
Portfolio and Security Analysis
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bonds
market prices
Finance and Financial Management
Portfolio and Security Analysis
GOH, Jeremy C.
YANG, Lisa (Zongfei)
Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?
description We confirm prior evidence that bonds on average are offered at prices below their immediate post-offer secondary market prices. However, in cases where banks lead–manage their own bond offerings the underpricing is significantly less as compared with other non-self-marketed offerings. These findings are robust across various matched samples and selection models. Our results suggest that the bond offering process is characterized by substantive agency conflicts between shareholders of corporations (issuers) and underwriters.
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author GOH, Jeremy C.
YANG, Lisa (Zongfei)
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title Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?
title_short Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?
title_full Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?
title_fullStr Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?
title_full_unstemmed Do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?
title_sort do underwriters short-change corporations issuing bonds?
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2024
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7372
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