Direct Equity Financing: A Resolution of a Paradox
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- Author(s): ROBERT S. HANSEN, JOHN M. PINKERTON
- Published: Apr 30, 2012
- Pages: 651-665
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1982.tb02215.x
ABSTRACT
When raising new equity capital managers have historically rejected the direct offer method favoring instead the seemingly more expensive underwritten public issue. This paper provides a resolution for this equity financing paradox by demonstrating empirically that firms which engage in direct offers enjoy a comparative cost advantage that is more than sufficient to account for the absolute reported cost differences between the two methods of equity financing.