statistics, so that the resulting test will make a desirable test power among the involved tests. This hybrid method is …

This paper compares the long-run buy-and-hold returns of privatization initial public offerings (IPOs) to those of the … domestic stock markets of respective countries using a sample of 241 privatization IPOs from 41 countries. The evidence … indicates that the privatization IPOs significantly outperform their domestic stock markets if the returns are equally …