Bigus, Jochen; Dreyer, Florian - In: Abacus 59 (2023) 3, pp. 735-775
Using a sample of up to 2,503 initial public offerings (IPOs) in 32 countries from 2011–2017, we predict and find that higher levels of country‐level accounting enforcement are associated with lower levels of IPO underpricing. IPOs in countries with a relatively low accounting enforcement...