For young and innovative firms, which have very limited earnings and low credibility, equity may be essential for improving financial soundness and company's development. Initial public offering builds the possibility to access the equity and moreover may has positive promotion effects. The aim...

This paper examines whether investors use information contained in the prospectus as indicators of firm quality and incorporate this information when pricing an IPO firm, and then it relates these IPO valuations to post-IPO returns. The study is based on a sample of IPO firms that went public on...