This study investigates underpricing of IPOs in Sri Lanka. On average, IPOs are underpriced by 34%. Small issues are more underpriced than large issues, and privatization issues are more underpriced than conventional issues. Investor sentiment is positively related with underpricing and affects...

The first issue of shares is the key moment in the life cycle of any company that was not previously listed on a stock exchange. Considering the fact that transformation into a public open joint stock company brings along a number of advantages and challenges, it would be of great importance to...

INTRODUCTION: The initial public offering (IPO) is an important life cycle of a firm and has significant effects on the firm’s ownership structure. Ownership structure plays a dominant role in shareholding pattern in initial public offerings. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: This paper investigates the...

While it is well documented in the literature that IPOs have been consistently underpriced on average of 15% or more over the past three decades all over the world, the recent seminal study by Purnanandam and Swaminathan (2004) report that IPOs are overvalued at the offer price relative to value...

This paper reexamines the driving forces for the 1st day initial return for ChiNext IPOs. We start from screening 29 potential explanatory variables, 4 policy break dummies and 2 intraday trading suspension dummies, using an OLS model with dimension reduction techniques to identify significant...

We examine client stock market reaction to news of PCAOB sanctions imposed upon Deloitte and Touche, LLP - the first against a Big 4 auditor. The PCAOB Order against Deloitte contains three potentially value relevant pieces of information. First, it shows that Deloitte did not conduct a quality...

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...

Earnings management at the time of the IPO is an important issue and has captured considerable attention of academic literatures. However, there have been few studies testing earnings management in the context of market condition, and when financial intermediaries such as venture capital (VC)...