We document substantial increases in corporate security offerings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the rise in seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) is attributable to shifts in macroeconomic conditions, convertible and straight bond offering increases cannot be explained by standard...

We document substantial increases in corporate security offerings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the rise in seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) is attributable to shifts in macroeconomic conditions, convertible and straight bond offering increases cannot be explained by standard...

We document substantial increases in corporate security offerings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the rise in SEOs is attributable to shifts in macroeconomic conditions, convertible and straight bond offering increases cannot be explained by standard security choice determinants...

We survey institutional investors about their role in capital structure decisions and views on capital structure theories. Over 82% of investors believe they influence corporate capital structure decisions, especially for smaller, younger, and more financially constrained firms. Unlike corporate...

We conduct interviews with financial managers in Australia, Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. to study the question why companies issue convertible bonds. For the vast majority of the firms, convertible bonds are chosen because managers find straight debt too costly. Convertible bonds are preferred...

We revisit the survey questions on convertible bond issue motives from the influential study of Graham and Harvey (Journal of Financial Economics, 2001). Our question-conditional analysis connecting survey answers with firm characteristics reveals that the conclusions on two of the four...

While convertible offerings announced between 1984 and 1999 induce average abnormal stock returns of −1.69%, convertible announcement effects over the period 2000 to 2008 are more than twice as negative (−4.59%). We hypothesize that this evolution is attributable to a shift in the...

A comprehensive empirical investigation is carried out to ascertain the import-reducing effect of trade protection barriers. We first present a statistical summary of the status of global trade protection. Then, based on a monopolistic competition trade model and 1994 cross-country data on trade...

Through the use of a multivariate cointegration and error-correction model, this study investigates the short- and long-run relationship over the past two decades between fiscal expenditure policy and non?oil real GDP growth in member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Despite the...