Utilizing the latest research results in the fields of psychology and sociology, this study examines the relationship among fund manager behavior on the Chinese WeChat social media service, IPO discounting, and earnings volatility. Based on the Big Five model, described by Costa and McCrae in...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a direct test of the small-firm uniqueness hypothesis advanced by Ang (1991). We do this by using the 5B-IPO program of the SEC as our instrument to define a small firm. Having identified small firms, we test the three IPO anomalies to see if small firms...

Als Phänomen internationaler Kapitalmärkte hat das IPO-Underpricing einen besonderen Stellenwert in der Diskussion über die Kosten eines Börsenganges. Ein Aspekt, der bei dieser Diskussion bislang weder in der Theorie noch in der Empirie Berücksichtigung findet, ist der Einfluss einer...