Carpentier, Cécile; Cumming, Douglas; Suret, Jean-Marc - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2010
This paper examines the impact of securities regulation and exchange listing standards on the valuation of venture capital-backed IPOs in Canada and the United States. We use a sample of IPOs in both countries matched by size and sector over the 1986-2007 period. The data strongly indicate...