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Size and Timing of Corporate Bond Flotations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Robert H. Litzenberger  and
David P. Rutenberg
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Many firms are short of capital. Investment opportunities offering positive net present values often exceed the amount of available internal financing. Management may either impose a capital budget constraint equal to the amount of internally generated funds or finance externally. Assuming that management chooses the latter, it must choose debt, preferred stock, common stock, or various forms or combinations of these securities. Controversy has surrounded the relative costs of debt and equity financing, but, recognizing the tax advantage of debt financing, most theorists agree that a firm will have some debt in its capital structure. This paper will not attempt to examine the important question of the optimal debt/equity ratio in the firm's capital structure but will assume that management has decided it is prudent to issue additional long-term debt. We will delineate the more modest question of the optimal size and timing of the long-term debt issues.

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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 1343 - 1359
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 1972

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