On the announcement day issuers experience a highly significant average abnormal return of − 8.60% and a median abnormal return of − 6.95%.
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Tough times for seasoned equity offerings: performance during the COVID pandemic.
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The average and median ARs before and after the announcement day are only weakly significant or insignificant and considerably smaller, indicating an efficient market reaction as well as a well determined announcement date.