Market Discounts and Shareholder Gains for Placing Equity Privately
发现私募股权发行虽有大幅折价，但伴随正异常收益，折价反映私人投资者承担的信息成本，异常收益则反映公司价值的有利信息，对研究融资决策和信号传递的学者有参考价值。
ABSTRACT Despite selling at substantial discounts, private placements of equity are associated with positive abnormal returns. We find evidence that discounts reflect information costs borne by private investors and abnormal returns reflect favorable information about firm value. Results are consistent with the role of private placements as a solution to the Myers and Majluf underinvestment problem and with the use of private placements to signal undervaluation. We also find some evidence of anticipated monitoring benefits from private sales of equity. For the smaller firms that comprise our sample, information effects appear to be relatively more important than ownership effects.