This study examines the performance of 196German and Spanish stocks three years after initial public offerings (IPOs)between 1990 and 2000. Since family-owned businesses play such a large role inthe GDPs and employment of developed economies, the analysis distinguishesbetween family and...

This article examines the long-run stock market performance of German and Spanish initial public offerings (IPOs) between 1990 and 2000. We distinguish between family- and nonfamily-owned business IPOs by using the power subscale of the F-PEC. Buy-and-hold-abnormal returns (BHAR) are calculated...

This article examines the long-run stock market performance of German and Spanish initial public offerings (IPOs) between 1990 and 2000. We distinguish between family- and nonfamily-owned business IPOs by using the power subscale of the F-PEC. Buy-and-hold-abnormal returns (BHAR) are calculated...

Die jüngere Vergangenheit zeugt von turbulenten Entwicklungen an den deutschen Aktienbörsen. Von einer aufkeimenden Aktienkultur, die ihr Vorbild in den USA sah, über Schwindel erregende Kursbewegungen, plötzlichen Reichtum aufgrund von hohen Aktienkursen, Insolvenzen, Kursbetrügereien bis...

In der Öffentlichkeit werden Neuemissionen in erster Linie unter Renditeaspekten und damit aus Sicht des Anlegers diskutiert. Die Frage nach den Motiven des Börsengangs wird dagegen nur selten gestellt, obwohl eine nähere Untersuchung der Motivlage auch für die individuellen...

This paper analyzes a comprehensive data set of 160 non venture-backed, 79 venture-backed and 61 bridge financed companies going public at Germany´s Neuer Markt between March 1997 and March 2002. I examine whether these three types of issues differ with regard to issuer characteristics, balance...