Equity Issuance Methods and Dilution

73 Pages Posted: 20 Jun 2018 Last revised: 31 Mar 2021

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Mike Burkart

Swedish House of Finance; London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Finance; Finance Theory Group (FTG); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Hongda Zhong

University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: March 24, 2021

Abstract

We analyze rights and public offerings when informed shareholders strategically choose to subscribe. Absent wealth constraints, rights offerings achieve the full information outcome and dominate public offerings. When some shareholders are wealth constrained, rights offerings lead to more dilution of their stakes and lower payoffs, despite the income from selling these rights. In both rights and public offerings, there is a trade-off between investment efficiency and wealth transfers among shareholders. When firms can choose the flotation method, either all firms choose the same offer method or high and low types opt for rights offerings while intermediate types select public offerings.

Keywords: Rights offerings, Public offerings, Asymmetric Information, Winner Curse

JEL Classification: G32

Suggested Citation

Burkart, Mike C. and Zhong, Hongda, Equity Issuance Methods and Dilution (March 24, 2021). European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 636/2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3189842 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3189842

Mike C. Burkart

Swedish House of Finance ( email )

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Hongda Zhong (Contact Author)

University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

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