This thesis reexamines the validity of the informational signaling hypothesis with the security offering announcements of companies. Market, company and offering data are used to test this hypothesis directly by examining the immediate and permanent announcement effects on stock price. For the...

This study develops the rationale that links a firm's financial health, measured by its cash flow components, to the type of security it offers when raising external capital. Based on the literature associated with the pecking order hypothesis, five empirical hypotheses are presented. The...