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Does air pollution affect seasoned equity offering pricing? Evidence from investor bids

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  • Han, Lin
  • Cheng, Xiaoke
  • Chan, Kam C.
  • Gao, Shenghao

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We examine the impact of air pollution on investor bidding behavior and seasoned equity offering (SEO) discounts using a sample of Chinese SEOs from 2013 to 2019. Our findings suggest that worse air pollution faced by investors leads to lower investor bid prices and larger SEO discounts. Air pollution adversely affects the issuance of new shares. The effect is more salient for the SEOs with both individual and institutional investor bids, whereas this impact is minimal for SEOs with only institutional investor bids, suggesting that individual investors are more prone to severe emotions and cognitive bias due to air pollution than institutional investors.

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  • Han, Lin & Cheng, Xiaoke & Chan, Kam C. & Gao, Shenghao, 2022. "Does air pollution affect seasoned equity offering pricing? Evidence from investor bids," Journal of Financial Markets, Elsevier, vol. 59(PB).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finmar:v:59:y:2022:i:pb:s1386418121000392
    DOI: 10.1016/j.finmar.2021.100657
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    Keywords

    Air quality; Investor sentiment; SEO pricing;
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    JEL classification:

    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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