Abstract
AbstractRecent empirical evidence on option listings supports the notion that equity options help to span the market. This paper investigates the role of convertible debt in market completion. To the extent that the warrant portion of convertible instruments is similar to a call option, the securities can provide payoffs in states of nature that were previously unspanned. Stockholders of firms without listed options or pre‐existing warrant‐related securities suffer less severe wealth declines around convertible offerings than do owners of firms with contingent claims on their stock. The results suggest that, particularly before the rise of options on index futures, convertible debt played a market‐spanning role similar to that of equity options.
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