Adopting a sample of the initial 243 IPOs from the emerging Growth Enterprise Market of China (GEMC) over the 2009 to 2011 period, this study develops a regression model to investigate the relationships between these factors and suggests that the firm's net profit and its growth rate...

This paper, based on Campbell (2000), introduces investor sentiment-related variables to a logarithm model, aiming to examine the relationship between dividend rate and investment horizons in the emerging Growth Enterprise Market of China. Using data sample of 243 IPO firms during 2009-2012, the...

Administrative factors permeate the Chinese financial market. This study provides an insight into the emerging government-dominated IPO market. Using up-to-date data from 520 listed firms and 140 rejected IPO applicants in the Chinese stock market over 2006 to 2012, this study, based on prior...