We study the post-issue operating performance of UK Initial Public Offerings. Using several measures, we find that the performance of firms going public on the Official List deteriorates significantly after the issue. On the contrary, IPO-firms on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) use the...

This paper examines how venture capital firms (VCs) in the U.S. respond to recent successful exits. We find that more money is allocated towards sectors that have experienced large exits within the last two months. This is achieved by increasing the amount invested per deal rather than investing...

The distinct regulatory design of Indian IPOs permits an empirical evaluation of IPO underpricing models against those that model IPO initial returns as a consequence of overpricing. Characteristics of the Indian bookbuilding process allow us to study the timing and subscription patterns of...

When a company offers shares in an initial public offering (IPO), existing owners often enter into lock-in agreements prohibiting them from selling shares for a specified period after the IPO. There is some recent U.S. evidence of predictable share-price movements at the time of expiry of these...

Most UK IPOs include lock-in agreements, which prevent the directors and other initial shareholders from selling their shares for a specified period after the IPO. Using a sample of 94 UK IPOs, we analyse their stock performance around the time of expiry of the lock-in agreement. We also look at...

Can companies reduce the volatility and increase the liquidity of their stocks by trading them? In the context of the Italian stock market, where companies have far more leeway to sell as well as buy their own stocks than in the U.S., the answer is yes. We examine the effects of trading (open...

Certain unique characteristics of the Indian bookbuilding process allow us to study the timing and subscription pattern of different investor groups and to dissect the IPO returns into two distinct components: one relating to pre-listing underpricing set by the underwriter and the initial return...

Certain unique characteristics of the Indian bookbuilding process allow us to study the timing and subscription pattern of different investor groups and to dissect underpricing into two distinct components: one relating to pre-listing, set by the underwriter and the other from the post-listing...