Frequent issuers' influence on long-run post-issuance returns

Matthew T. Billett, Mark Flannery and Jon A. Garfinkel

Journal of Financial Economics, 2011, vol. 99, issue 2, 349-364

Abstract: Prior studies conclude that firms' equity underperforms following many individual sorts of external financing. These conclusions naturally raise significant questions about market efficiency and/or about the techniques used to measure long-run "abnormal returns." Rather than concentrating on a single security type or issuance, we examine long-run performance following any and all sorts of security issuances. Initial financing events do not associate with underperformance; however, subsequent financings do. Our results suggest that negative post-issuance returns have nothing to do with the specific type of security issued, and everything to do with the number of types of securities issued.

Keywords: Security; issuance; Long-run; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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