The purpose of this study is to estimate the long run IPO (Initial Public Offerings) returns using artificial neural network (ANN). In wide-ranging literature OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) is commonly preferred to estimate long run IPO returns. This study applies artificial neural network...

This paper investigates the investment decisions of IPO investors when equipped with information on both the quality of the firm and the market sentiment. Unique regulatory provisions allow IPO investors in India to have access to the independent assessment of firm quality and information on the...

(VF)L'étude du chapitre lié à l'activité dans le prospectus préliminaire de 50 sociétés candidates à l'introduction sur le Nouveau marché montre l'existence de cinq politiques de communication. À l'exception du multiple du résultat net, PER, le test empirique confirme l'importance de...

An improved method for measuring and testing long-run returns is proposed. The method adjusts <p> for the right-skewed distribution of long-run buy-and-hold by decomposing average cross-sectional <p> buy-and-hold returns into mean components and volatility components. The method is <p> applied to initial...</p></p></p>

This paper sets out to analyze the influence of different types of venture capitalists on the performance of their portfolio firms around and after IPO. We investigate the hypothesis that different governance structures, objectives, and track records of different types of VCs have a significant...

We analyze the economic consequences of disclosure and regulation within a context of significant information asymmetry and lenient regulation. In Canada, firms can enter the stock market at a pre-revenue stage by fulfilling each of the requirements of an initial public offerings or using...

Excess returns for Scandinavian IPO-firm initial buy recommendations registered on the First Call database from underwriter analysts (informed analysts) for 1996-2002 were compared to those of non-underwriter analysts (uninformed analysts). Underwriter analysts recommendations outperformed...

The average firm going public or issuing new equity has underperformed the market in the long run. Endogeneity of the number of new issues has been proposed as a potential explanation of this long-run underperformance. Under pseudo market timing of new issues, ex post measures of average...

This paper analyses the efficiency of venture capital and its impact on primary equity markets in France and Germany. It shows that venture capital operates according to the signalling model in France and according to the learning model in Germany. Only the learning model can serve as a...

The aim of this study is to assess the characteristics of the hot and cold IPO markets on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM). The results show that the hot issues exhibit, on average, a greater degree of underpricing than the cold issues, although the hot issue phenomenon is not a significant...