R&D manipulation and SEO pricing in the Chinese capital market: The information effect of inefficient investment

Duan Liu, Lili Wang, Jing Yan and Hong Wan

Research in International Business and Finance, 2023, vol. 65, issue C

Abstract: While the literature finds that R&D management is used to inform investors, it is unclear how R&D manipulation affects pricing in security issuance because R&D management and its motives are difficult to detect. Using a group of Chinese listed companies that conducted seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) between 2007 and 2020, we examine the effect of inefficient R&D investment on SEO pricing. Our results affirm the mechanism of misleading by utilizing information asymmetry and show that under-investment in R&D drives up SEO prices, especially in firms with low profitability; over-investment in R&D would also raise SEO prices, but only for R&D-intensive industries. However, these impacts are weakened when information asymmetry is reduced. Internal investor subscription and external analyst coverage improve the information environment and suppress the information effect of inefficient R&D investment on SEO pricing.

Keywords: Inefficient R&D investment; Seasoned equity offerings; Pricing; Informational asymmetry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.101946

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