Two Essays on Shelf-registered Corporate Equity Offerings

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dc.contributor.authorAutore, Don M.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairKumar, Ramanen
dc.contributor.committeecochairShome, Dilip K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberChance, Donald M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKadlec, Gregory B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKeown, Arthur J.en
dc.contributor.departmentFinance, Insurance, and Business Lawen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:09:31Zen
dc.date.adate2006-04-18en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:09:31Zen
dc.date.issued2006-03-31en
dc.date.rdate2006-04-18en
dc.date.sdate2006-04-13en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation consists of two essays. The first provides evidence that the recent revival of shelf equity offers is related to changes in how firms use shelf registration. During 1990-2003 firms that make shelf filings have no immediate intent and low probability of issuance, lower pre-filing returns relative to non-shelf issuers, and often have been certified in prior SEOs. The evidence indicates that the way firms now use shelf offerings resolves the under-certification problem responsible for the shelf demise in the 1980s (Denis, 1991) and results in smaller market penalties and lower underwriter fees relative to non-shelf offerings. This allows firms with greater uncertainty to take advantage of the shelf option to defer or abandon offers. Additionally, firms often use universal shelf filings and choose between debt and equity offerings based on the prevailing relative market conditions. The second essay examines offer price discounting of traditional and shelf-registered seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). The results indicate that relative to traditional SEOs, shelf discounting during 1982 - June 2004 is similar in magnitude, is influenced by the same factors, and has increased similarly over time. Prior studies attribute the time-series increase of seasoned offer discounting to pre-offer short sale constraints (Rule 10b-21; adopted in 1988). This study provides insights about the effect of Rule 10b-21 by exploiting the fact that shelf-registered offerings were exempt from this regulation until September 2004. The analysis uses the shelf exemption as a control in testing the Rule's effect, and the elimination of the exemption as an "out-of-sample" test. The results suggest that Rule 10b-21 is not associated with the increase in seasoned offer discounts. The gradual increase in discounting over the past two decades is largely due to a shift in the composition of issuers toward firms that have greater stock volatility and pre-offer price uncertainty.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04132006-112853en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04132006-112853/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26823en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartautore_chapter1_etd.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartautore_chapter2_vita_etd.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartautore_frontmatter_etd.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectshelf registrationen
dc.subjectseasoned equity offeringen
dc.subjectunderwriter certificationen
dc.subjectdue diligenceen
dc.subjectoffer price discountingen
dc.subjectSEO underpricingen
dc.titleTwo Essays on Shelf-registered Corporate Equity Offeringsen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineFinance, Insurance, and Business Lawen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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