We study convertible bond arbitrage for the Canadian market. Convertible bond arbitrage is the combination of a long position in underpriced convertible bonds and a short position in the underlying stock. First, we find a downward pressure on cumulative average abnormal returns of the underlying stocks between the announcement and the issuance dates of the convertible bonds. This effect is stro...

The stock of sovereign debt is typically measured at face value. Defined as the undiscounted sum of future principal repayments, face values are misleading when debts are issued with different contractual forms or maturities. In this paper, we construct alternative measures of the stock of external sovereign debt for 100 developing countries from 1979 through 2006 that correct for differences i...

Many target CEOs receive unscheduled stock option awards during merger negotiations which become immediately exercisable when the acquisition is completed. We find an inverse association between the size of golden parachutes given to target CEOs and the probability that these executives receive unscheduled options during merger negotiations. These unscheduled awards are also more likely to be i...

Bonds account for almost one-quarter of Australian banks’ total funding, with around three-quarters of the stock of bonds outstanding issued offshore.1 While the composition of banks’ funding had been fairly stable prior to the financial crisis, since then the share of bonds in overall funding has increased by a couple of percentage points as banks have sought to attract more stable and longer-...

Purpose: The introduction of dual decisions (such as the issue shares and debt; repurchase repayment share issues repurchases) has provided an order preference financing influenced by company-specific attributes. aim this study is to investigate determinants choice South African companies listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) between different decisions.Design/methodology/approach: Data w...

The anomalies literature in capital markets research in finance and accounting is based (almost) exclusively on average realized returns. In contrast, we construct accountingbased expected returns for dollar-neutral long-short trading strategies formed on a wide array of anomaly variables, including book to market, size, composite issuance, net stock issues, abnormal investment, asset growth, i...

The 2008 financial crisis exemplifies significant uncertainties in corporate financing conditions. We develop a unified dynamic q-theoretic framework where firms have both a precautionary-savings motive and a market-timing motive for external financing and payout decisions, induced by stochastic financing conditions. The model predicts (1) cuts in investment and payouts in bad times and equity ...