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Journal of Financial Economics Vol. 133 No. 1 2019

Do firms issue more equity when markets become more liquid?

Rogier M. Hanselaar1; René M. Stulz2,3,4,5; Mathijs A. Van Dijk

1 Aegon (Netherlands) · 2 National Bureau of Economic Research · 3 The Ohio State University · 4 European Corporate Governance Institute · 5 Fisher College

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Abstract

Using quarterly data on initial public offerings (IPOs) and seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) for 37 countries from 1995 to 2014, we show that changes in equity issuance are positively related to lagged changes in aggregate local stock market liquidity. This relation is as economically significant as the well-known relation between equity issuance and lagged stock returns. It survives the inclusion of proxies for market timing, capital market conditions, growth prospects, asymmetric information, and investor sentiment. Changes in liquidity are less relevant for issuance by firms with greater financial pressures and by firms in less financially developed countries.

DOI
10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.12.004
Volume
133
Issue
1
Pages
64-82
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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