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Bank Debt Reduction Announcements and Negative Signaling

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  • Robert M. Hull
  • Richard Moellenberndt

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We examine 242 NYSE/AMEX and OTC common stock offerings that reduce bank debt and 254 that retire non-bank debt. We discover that bank debt reductions are associated with negative announcement period stock returns that are more than twice the magnitude of the negative returns found for non-bank debt reductions. The significant difference in returns indicates bank debt reductions transmit negative information beyond that previously cited in the stock offering literature. The regression tests support bank debt signaling models that predict that bankers play a unique role as transmitters of information in the capital markets.

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  • Robert M. Hull & Richard Moellenberndt, 1994. "Bank Debt Reduction Announcements and Negative Signaling," Financial Management, Financial Management Association, vol. 23(2), Summer.
    • Handle: RePEc:fma:fmanag:hull94
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    1. Steven Ongena, 1999. "Lending Relationships, Bank Default and Economic Activity," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(2), pages 257-280.
    2. Mosebach, Michael, 1999. "Market response to banks granting lines of credit," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 23(11), pages 1707-1723, November.
    3. Robert M. Hull & George E. Pinches, 1995. "Firm Size and the Information Content of Over-the-Counter Common Stock Offerings," Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, vol. 4(1), pages 31-55, Spring.
    4. Robert M. Hull & Sungkyu Kwak & Rosemary Walker, 2018. "Hedge fund attributes, insider behavior, and IPO volatility," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 42(2), pages 268-292, April.
    5. Robert Hull & Sungkyu Kwak & Rosemary Walker, 2012. "Explanation for market response to seasoned equity offerings," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer;Academy of Economics and Finance, vol. 36(3), pages 634-661, July.
    6. Ihsan Ullah & Attaullah Shah, 2014. "The Effect of Capital Structure on Abnormal Stock Returns: Evidence from Pakistan," Business & Economic Review, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan, vol. 6(1), pages 1-18, April.
    7. Robert M Hull & JuliAnn Mazachek, 2001. "Junior‐for‐senior announcements," Review of Financial Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 10(3), pages 213-225.

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