We analyze the informational properties of hybrid IPO auctions using a large and unique database of 115,707 bids from institutional investors in 715 auctioned IPOs between 2009 and 2012 in China, where an IPO auction is first conducted among institutions, after which a fixed price offering is...

Financing of and investing in Ramp;D are prone to risks of appropriation by competitors, information asymmetry, and agency problems. Although legal protection of intellectual property (IP) rights at the national level is necessary to encourage investing in Ramp;D, we show that the effective...

Financing of and investing in R&D are prone to risks of appropriation by competitors and the problem of information asymmetry. Although legal protection of intellectual property (IP) rights at the national level is necessary in encouraging financing of and investing in R&D, we show that the...

Using a unique and rich database of high-technology firms in China, we show that effective enforcement of intellectual property rights at the provincial level is critical in encouraging financing and investing in R&D. Better enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights positively affects...

One unique feature of the emerging economies in Asia is the rich variation in the development of financial systems and technological sectors across different geographical areas. This unbalanced evolution provides us a potentially more powerful setting to investigate the dynamics among banking...