This thesis aims to analyze the impact of IPO analyst coverage on the quality of the secondary market and on the future market life of the firm. For this purpose, three empirical studies are conducted on the French market. The first one provides a new explanation for the positive relation...

Is the investor able to identify the highest performing analysts on the basis of results of annual sell-side analysts ranking surveys? The thesis aims to examine this question using two empirical studies. The first addresses the factors that explain the choice of an analyst within a ranking....