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Shelf versus Traditional Seasoned Equity Offerings: The Impact of Potential Short Selling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2018

Marie Dutordoir ,
Norman Strong  and
Ping Sun
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Abstract

Traditional seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) elicit short selling from traders trying to increase offering discounts. Such short selling is more difficult for shelf offerings because the time between their announcement and issuance tends to be shorter. We predict and find that firms with higher short-selling potential (SSP) are more likely to choose shelf over traditional SEOs. This result is robust to alternative proxies for SSP and other sensitivity tests. Further analysis suggests that shelf issuers aim to mitigate the threat of manipulative short selling. Our findings add to a growing literature showing that short selling has a real impact on corporate finance decisions.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , June 2019 , pp. 1285 - 1311
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Copyright © Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington 2018 

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Footnotes

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We thank Tyler Henry, Jennifer Koski (the referee), Inmoo Lee, Paul Malatesta (the editor), Patrick Pollmann, Melissa Porras Prado, Patrick Verwijmeren, Fangming Xu, participants at the 2016 Financial Management Association (FMA) European Conference, the 2016 European Finance Association Annual Meeting, and the 5th Annual Corporate Finance Conference for their helpful comments and suggestions.

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