Abstract

This paper investigates whether the balance sheet classification of financial instruments that include attributes of both debt and equity (i.e., hybrid financial instruments) affects the stock price judgments of buy-side financial analysts. Financial economics research documents that, on average, firms announcing an offering of additional common equity securities experience a decline in the market value of their outstanding common stock. In contrast, firms financing with straight debt generally do not experience a decline in common stock market value (see Smith [1986] for a summary). Psychology research suggests that, when making

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