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The theoretical literature on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) strongly argues for the theory of ‘Information Asymmetry … capitalize from their investments in IPOs. If sophisticated investors possess an informational advantage over unsophisticated … investors, they are supposed to identify the strength and quality of firms issuing IPOs. Consistent with this conjecture, we …
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We treat information acquisition by potential investors in initial public offerings as endogenous. With endogenous information, the critical question is why underwriters would allow investors to spend resources acquiring superior information intended solely to effect a wealth transfer. We show...
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We use the presence of a Wikipedia article for initial public offering (IPO) firms to test theories of information asymmetry and investor awareness. While we find limited support for the former, our results provide strong support for theories of investor awareness. Specifically, IPO firms with a...
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encourage IPOs by use of a larger tick size are likely to be counterproductive …
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I develop a theory in which firms enhance the information content of their future stock prices by using underwriters to direct underpriced IPO allocations to information-producing investors. Sufficiently large allocations and the promise of future, profitable IPO participation provide incentives...
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between rural and urban firms after their IPOs, but the operating performance of rural firms improves in the short term. Our …
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