Private Placements, Regulatory Restrictions and Firm Value: Theory and Evidence from the Indian Market

67 Pages Posted: 14 Nov 2010 Last revised: 8 Aug 2012

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V. Ravi Anshuman

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Vijaya B. Marisetty

RMIT University; Financial Research Network (FIRN)

Marti G. Subrahmanyam

New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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Date Written: November 12, 2010

Abstract

We present an asymmetric information model to examine private placements issued to owner-managers. Our main conclusion is that allowing private placements to insiders can mitigate, if not eliminate, the underinvestment problem. Our model predicts that announcement period returns for private placements should be: (1) positive; (2) dependent on regulatory constraints that determine the issue price; (3) positively related to volatility; (4) negatively related to leverage; (5) negatively related to owner-managers’ shareholdings (6) related to proxies of manipulation; and (7) negatively related to illiquidity. We empirically test the model’s predictions on a sample of 164 preferential allotments (private placements) issued in the Indian capital markets during 2001-2009 and report empirical evidence largely consistent with the model. In addition to the predictions of our model, we also find that announcement period returns of: (8) firms affiliated to business groups are not lower than those of stand-alone firms and (9) private placements made to (active) private equity investors are not higher than those made to (passive) banks or financial institutions.

Suggested Citation

Anshuman, V. Ravi and Marisetty, Vijaya B. and Subrahmanyam, Marti G., Private Placements, Regulatory Restrictions and Firm Value: Theory and Evidence from the Indian Market (November 12, 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1708321 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1708321

V. Ravi Anshuman

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ( email )

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Vijaya B. Marisetty (Contact Author)

RMIT University ( email )

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Marti G. Subrahmanyam

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