We propose a rationale for why firms often return to the equity market shortly after their initial public offering (IPO). We argue that hard to value firms conduct smaller IPOs, and that they return to the equity market conditional on positive valuation signal from the stock market. Thus,...

This study uses an experimentally designed case study approach to investigate Swedish venture capital firms' valuation practices in two different economic contexts – the economic boom (bull market) of 1999 and the downturn (bear market) of 2002. A key finding in our study is that during...

We study the relation between issuer operating performance and IPO price formation, from the initial price range to the offer price to the closing price on the first trading day. For a post-bubble sample of 2001-2013 IPOs, we find that pre-IPO net income and, in particular, operating cash flow...

We study the relation between issuer operating performance and IPO price formation, from the initial price range to the offer price to the closing price on the first trading day. For a post-bubble sample of 2001-2013 IPOs, we find that pre-IPO net income and, in particular, operating cash flow...

Given important market and regulatory changes over the past two decades, we re-examine the relation between IPO pricing and coverage by sell-side stock analysts. Our design builds on the well-documented finding of the partial adjustment phenomenon, in that the IPO offer price revision following...

The share of equity issues in total new equity and debt issues is a strong predictor of U.S. stock market returns between 1928 and 1997. In particular, firms issue relatively more equity than debt just before periods of low market returns. The equity share in new issues has stable predictive...

This study extends UK research on rights issues by examining the link between the post-issue long-term underperformance, pre-SEO security overvaluation and post-SEO investors' under-reaction hypotheses. In contrast to prior UK studies that concentrated on different time-periods, and with results...