Using a large dataset of Japanese firms spanning the period from 1995 to 2011, we analyze private firms' going-public decision as well as their post-initial public offering (IPO) behavior and performance. To this end, we adopt the propensity-score matching difference-in-differences (PSM-DID)...

This paper examines whether commercial banks screen loan applications based on private information on firms' future profitability, and consequently how banks' ex-ante private information and screening decisions affect firms' ex-post profitability. Using a dataset of banks' loan application...