Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/111404 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 100
Publisher: 
Osnabrück University, Institute of Empirical Economic Research, Osnabrück
Abstract: 
Debt overhang and moral hazard related to risk-shifting opportunities predict that low capitalized banks have a lower likelihood to issue equity. In contrast to this view, for an international sample of bank Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEOs), we show that the likelihood of issuing an SEO is generally higher in low capitalized banks. We provide a series of tests exploring the variation of capital regulation, systemic conditions and market discipline to understand the driving forces behind this result. We find that market mechanisms rather than capital regulation are the primary, key driver of the decision to issue by low capitalized banks.
Subjects: 
SEOs
Banking Regulation
Banking Crises
Counter-cyclical capital regulation
JEL: 
G21
G28
G32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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