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Security Fungibility and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Global Bonds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Darius P. Miller  and
John J. Puthenpurackal
Darius P. Miller
Affiliation:
[email protected], Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750333, 6212 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX 75275
John J. Puthenpurackal
Affiliation:
[email protected], College of Business, Ohio University, 212 Copeland Hall, Athens, OH 45701.
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Abstract

This paper examines the potential benefits of security fungibility by conducting the first comprehensive analysis of global bonds. Unlike other debt securities, global bonds' fungibility allows them to be placed simultaneously in bond markets around the world; they trade, clear, and settle efficiently within as well as across markets. We test the impact of issuing these securities on firms' cost of capital, issuing costs, liquidity, and shareholder wealth. Using a sample of 230 global bond issues by 94 companies from the U.S. and abroad over the period 1996–2003, we find that firms lower their cost of (debt) capital by issuing these fungible securities. We also document that the stock price reaction to the announcement of global bond issuance is positive and significant, while comparable domestic and eurobond issues over the same time period are associated with insignificant changes in shareholder wealth.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 849 - 872
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 2005

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