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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of IPOs written by Douglas Cumming and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 841 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of IPOs. The chapters cover the latest information on a range of fundamental questions, including: How are IPOs regulated? How are IPOs valued? How well does an IPO perform in the short and long run, and what are the drivers of performance?

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Download or read book Price Performance of Initial Public Offerings in Turkey written by Bengi Özer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Öz/Özet/İçindekiler CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS vii LIST OF FIGURES x LIST OF TABLES xi 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Importance of IPOs as a Research Area 1 1.2. Purpose of the Study 2 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1. Initial Performance of IPOs 5 2.1.1. Short Term Underpricing 5 2.1.2. Hot Issue Markets 7 2.2 Claims of Investor Irrationality 8 2.3. Alternative Equilibrium Explanations 10 2.3.1. Information Asymmetry Between Informed and Uninformed Investors 10 2.3.2. Partial Adjustment Hypothesis 11 2.3.3. Information Asymmetry Between the Underwriter and the Issuer 12 2.3.4. Monopsony Power Hypothesis 13 2.3.5. Signaling by Underwriter Reputation 13 2.3.6. Signaling by Choice of Offering Method 14 2.3.7. Underpricing as a Signal of Firm Quality 15 2.3.8. Signaling by the Amount of Equity Retained 16 2.3.9. Signaling by Third Party Certification 16 2.3.10. Implicit Insurance Hypothesis 17 2.3.11. Market Structure as a Source of Underpricing 19 2.4. International Evidence 20 3. DATA AND METHODOLOGY 23 3.1. Data and Data Collection Methods 23 3.2. Variables Used 24 3.2.1. Performance Variables 24 3.2.1.1. Raw Returns 25 3.2.1.2. Market Adjusted Returns 26 3.2.1.3. Market Adjusted Aftermarket Returns 27 3.2.2. Characteristic Variables 28 3.2.2.1. Market Related Characteristics 28 3.2.2.2. Issue Related Characteristics 28 3.2.2.3. Issuing Firm Characteristics 29 3.2.3.1. Underwriter Characteristics 30 3.3. Methodology 30 3.3.1. Documentation of Return Structures 30 3.3.2. Tests on the Presence of Abnormal Returns 31 3.3.3. Relationship Between Initial and Aftermarket Returns 32 3.3.4. Cross-sectional Differences in IPO Returns 32 3.3.5. Determinants of Initial Returns 33 4. RESULTS 35 4.1. Return Structures of IPOs 35 4.1.1. Raw Returns 35 4.1.2. Market Adjusted Returns 41 4.1.2.1. Excess-over-the market Appoach 41 4.1.2.2. Cross-sectional Regressions Method 45 4.1.3. Adjusted Aftermarket Returns 47 4.2. Relationship, Between Market Performance Masures 51 4.3. Characteristics of IPOs 54 4.3.1. Performance Variables 54 4.3.1.1. Initial Performance 54 4.3.1.2. Long Term Performance 54 4.3.2. Market Related Characteristics 55 4.3.2.1. Year of Issue 56 4.3.2.2. Indicators of Market Trend 57 4.3.2.3. Indicators of Market Volatility 58 4.3.3. Issue Related Characteristics 58 4.3.3.1. Real Offer Price 59 4.3.3.2. Place of Offer 59 4.3.3.3. Real Amount for Sale 59 4.3.3.4. Source of Equity Sold 60 4.3.3.5. Percentage of Equity Offered 60 4.3.3.6. Nature of the Issue 61 4.3.4. Issuing Firm Characteristics 61 4.3.4.1. Age at the Offer 63 4.3.4.2. Industry Classification 62 4.3.4.3. Number of Shareholders Be forethcIPO 63 4.3.5. Underwriter Characteristics 63 4:3.5.1. Identity of the Lead Underwriter 63 4.3.5.2. Number of Underwriters in an Offer 65 4.3.5.3. Relationship Between the Underw and Issuer 66 4. Cross-sectional Differences in IPO Returns 66 4.4.1. Market Related Characteristics 67 4.4.1.1. Year of Issue 67 4.4.1.1.1. Initial Returns 68 4.4.1.1.2. Adjusted After market Returns 70 4.4.1.2. Market Trend at the Time of IPO 75 4-4.2. Issue Related Characteristics 77 4.4.2.1. Nature of the Issue 77 4.4.2.2. Real Offer Price 81 4.4.2.3. Place of Offe 82 4.4.3. Issuing Firm Related Characteristics 84 4.4.4 Underwriter Characteristics 85 4.4.4.1. Identity of the Lead Underwriter 85 4.4.4.2. Number of Underwriters in an Offer 86 4.4.4.3. Relationship Between the Underwriter and Issuer 86 4.5. Determinants of Initial Returns 90 4.5.1. Total Sample 91 4.5.2. Excluding Initial Outliers 95 5. CONCLUSIONS 97 6. REFERENCES 101.

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Download or read book The Phenomenon of IPO Underpricing in the European and U S Stock Markets written by Oliver Reiche and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Initial Public Offering (IPO) marks one of the most important events of a company. Basically, the aim is to generate maximum proceeds by selling the company’s shares to investors. However, the shares that are sold seem to be underpriced as the price significantly soars on the first trading day. Since the very first detection of this phenomenon in the United States in 1969, several subsequent studies have documented the existence of worldwide IPO underpricing. This study focuses on IPO Underpricing in the European and United States Stock Markets by outlining and discussing the following essential issues: What is underpricing in the context of the IPO? Which motivations are there and how do they impact? Is there IPO underpricing in the markets of Europe and the United States of America?