Essays about: "Initial Public Offerings"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 93 essays containing the words Initial Public Offerings.
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1. Underpricing under Uncertainty: A comparative event study of the effects of Covid-19 restrictions on IPO underpricing
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This paper has studied underpricing of initial public offerings during the highly uncertain time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sweden did not implement coercive strategies such as lockdowns compared to most other countries, which has given this study an unique opportunity to investigate how societal factors mitigating uncertainty have an impact on the IPO market. READ MORE
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2. How do IPOs and SPACs differ in terms of post-listing performance, and how do insider and institutional ownership affect these differences?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are the two most prevalent alternatives for firms seeking to list on the stock exchange, which we examine in this study. We study numerous parameters impacting the abnormal returns of IPOs and SPACs and, compare their performance in the short-term and long-term using regressions and current literature to explain the discrepancies. READ MORE
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3. Underpricing and short-term returns - An empirical study on Initial public offerings in the Nordics
University essay fromAbstract : The study examines the effect underpricing has on short-term returns for 291 Initial public offerings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. To test for this, two different OLS-regressions have been developed with Buy-and-hold abnormal returns (BHAR) as the dependent variable, and Market-adjusted abnormal returns (MAAR) as the variable of interest, accompanied by a few control variables. READ MORE
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4. IPO underpricing in Sweden : Is there underpricing in Swedish IPOs? If so, what could possibly explain it?
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)Abstract : When a company decides to sell their shares to the public for the first time it is called an initial public offering. For quite some time, the literature on the subject has come to the conclusion that the companies going public often undervalue their share price prior to the initial public offering resulting in an abnormal positive return on the first trading day, also known as initial public offering underpricing. READ MORE
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5. Showing Off in Initial Public Offerings: The Proportion of Institutional Cornerstone Investors in IPOs and the State of the IPO Market
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : The paper analyzes the participation of institutional cornerstone investors in initial public offerings (IPOs) using data from NASDAQ Main Market and First North Growth Market in Stockholm between 2015 and the first half of 2023. We identify positive relationships between both hot and cold IPO market periods and the proportion of institutional cornerstone investors in IPOs. READ MORE