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Characteristics of Norwegian Rights Issues

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  • Svein olav Krakstad

    (University of Stavanger)

  • Peter Molnar

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

In this paper we study Norwegian rights issues with focus on the announcement effects of raising seasoned equity. The abnormal returns at announcement in Norway are around −8% to −10% for rights issues, and this is much higher than what is found in other countries. The average book-to-market and debt-to-assets ratios are lower for companies that issue equity with other SEO types than with rights issues. This indicates that firms using rights issues are less able to time the equity issuance than the firms that use other SEO types. In addition, the listed rights lose on average around 30% of their value during the offer period.

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  • Svein olav Krakstad & Peter Molnar, 2015. "Characteristics of Norwegian Rights Issues," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 35(1), pages 764-773.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-15-00195
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    Keywords

    SEOs; Rights Issues; Announcement effects; Underpricing;
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    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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