The relationship of G-Index and convertible debt issuance in the presence of restrictive covenants

Evrim Akdoğu, Aysun Alp Paukowits and Ugur Celikyurt

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2020, vol. 70, issue C, 373-390

Abstract: We examine the relationship between the Governance Index (G-Index) and convertible bond use by firms, specifically in the presence or absence of covenants. We find that the better the shareholder governance (lower G-Index) of firms, the more they are likely to issue convertible instead of straight bonds. More importantly, we find that the complementary relationship between shareholder governance and convertible bond use is driven by the existence of certain covenants attached to these convertible securities. We also find that this effect is accentuated in firms with smaller size, higher market-to-book, R&D and intangibles as well as higher beta. We conclude that this link between strong shareholder rights and increased convertible bond use is conditional on the presence of covenants and therefore shows the important interaction of these three governance mechanisms. In addition, this triple link being emphasized in firms with higher agency costs and adverse selection problems is consistent with value-maximizing use of convertible bonds.

Keywords: Governance index (G-Index); Convertible bonds; Hybrid securities; Bond covenants; Corporate governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2020.08.012

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