The initial public offerings (IPO) in the stock market can relate to the real estate market through different channels. An increase in IPO may represent an improvement in the “market sentiment,” which would also stimulate the real estate market. IPO can also increase the demand on commercial...

This paper analyzes the long-run performance of 427 issues or 387 Japanese firms that made Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEO) from 1980-1990. We find that as opposed to U.S. SEO's that concentrate on either growth firms (low book-to-market) or small firms, Japanese SEO's under our study period...

We examine the relation between an ex ante measure of IPO growth prospects – the industry-level long-term analyst earnings growth forecast – and short- and long-run IPO returns, using a sample of 7,570 IPOs from 1982 to 2007. The use of an industry-level, rather than firm-level growth...