rticipants of finance seminars at the University of Oregon and the University of Washington,
and Ken French (the referee) for helpful comments and to B. Briggs and C. Rejali for research
assistance.
‘Masulis (1980a) finds an increase in share price at the announcement of intrafirm exchange
offers when shares are retired and a decrease in share price when shares are issued. Dann (1981)
Masulis (1980b) and Vermaelen (1981) report a positive price effect at the announcement of
intratirm tender offers to repurchase shares. Masulis and Korwar (1986) and Asquith and Mullins
(1986) document a decline in share price at the announcement of common stock offerings, and
Dann and Mikkelson (1984) find a negative price effect for convertible debt offerings, Mikkelson
(1981) reports a negative share price response to calls of convertible debt that force conversion to
common stock.
Changes in the amount of straight debt outstanding are met with less pronounced effects on
share price. Dann and Mikkelson (1984) report a small and statistically insignificant stock price
decline in response to the announcement of public offerings of straight debt. Vu (1986) finds a
small, statistically insignificant average stock price reaction to the