Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia

The negative announcement period return for seasoned equity issues in several developed share markets has been explained as an adverse selection effect to information asymmetry between managers and investors during the expansionary phases of share market cycles. This paper reports a significant posi...

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Main Authors: Salamudin, Norhana, Ariff, Mohamed, Md Nassir, Annuar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1999
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112968/
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author Salamudin, Norhana
Ariff, Mohamed
Md Nassir, Annuar
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description The negative announcement period return for seasoned equity issues in several developed share markets has been explained as an adverse selection effect to information asymmetry between managers and investors during the expansionary phases of share market cycles. This paper reports a significant positive announcement period return in an emerging share market. The average return during periods of favourable economic conditions is higher than return during unfavourable periods. The term premiums, which decline (rise) during favourable (unfavourable) economic conditions, are correlated with announcement period returns. These findings support the good news hypothesis that the return is positive because investors expect the funds from issues to be used in profitable investment projects in a high growth emerging economy.
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spelling upm-1129682025-01-27T06:53:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112968/ Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia Salamudin, Norhana Ariff, Mohamed Md Nassir, Annuar The negative announcement period return for seasoned equity issues in several developed share markets has been explained as an adverse selection effect to information asymmetry between managers and investors during the expansionary phases of share market cycles. This paper reports a significant positive announcement period return in an emerging share market. The average return during periods of favourable economic conditions is higher than return during unfavourable periods. The term premiums, which decline (rise) during favourable (unfavourable) economic conditions, are correlated with announcement period returns. These findings support the good news hypothesis that the return is positive because investors expect the funds from issues to be used in profitable investment projects in a high growth emerging economy. Elsevier 1999 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112968/1/112968.pdf Salamudin, Norhana and Ariff, Mohamed and Md Nassir, Annuar (1999) Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 7 (3-4). pp. 405-427. ISSN 0927-538X; eISSN: 1879-0585 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0927538X99000104 10.1016/s0927-538x(99)00010-4
spellingShingle Salamudin, Norhana
Ariff, Mohamed
Md Nassir, Annuar
Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia
title Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia
title_full Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia
title_fullStr Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia
title_short Economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in Malaysia
title_sort economic influence on rights issue announcement behavior in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112968/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112968/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112968/1/112968.pdf