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Can existing corporate finance theories explain security offerings during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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  • Dutordoir, Marie
  • Shemesh, Joshua
  • Veld, Chris
  • Wang, Qing

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We document substantial increases in corporate security offerings during the COVID pandemic. While the increase in seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) can be attributed to shifts in macroeconomic conditions, increases in convertible and straight bond offerings cannot be explained by standard security choice determinants. We furthermore find that COVID-period SEO announcements are often contaminated with Research and Development (R&D)-related news, with the SEO proceeds more likely to be hoarded as cash. Overall, COVID-period SEOs align with market timing behavior, but the increase in COVID-period convertibles and straight bonds cannot be reconciled with pre-pandemic corporate financing rationales or government interventions. We furthermore demonstrate that the COVID pandemic differs substantially from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in terms of security offering choices and announcement returns.

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  • Dutordoir, Marie & Shemesh, Joshua & Veld, Chris & Wang, Qing, 2024. "Can existing corporate finance theories explain security offerings during the COVID-19 pandemic?," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:empfin:v:79:y:2024:i:c:s0927539824000926
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2024.101558
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    Keywords

    Seasoned equity offerings; Convertible bonds; Straight bonds; COVID-19 pandemic; Market timing; Information disclosure;
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    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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