Essays about: "Listing effect"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 24 essays containing the words Listing effect.

  1. 6. Going Public and Stepping Up: Do companies become more productive after listing on the stock exchange?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Folke Schröder Frykhammar; Gustav Sandelin; [2021]
    Keywords : Productivity; Initial Public Offering; Stock Price Informativeness; Total Factor Productivity;

    Abstract : This thesis examines whether Swedish companies become more productive, i.e., achieve higher total factor productivity (TFP), after going public. Additionally, it extends previous findings about stock price informativeness to a Swedish context and tests whether it has any ex ante going public implications on productivity. READ MORE

  3. 7. Financial Characteristics of Firms With High ESG Scores

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Frans Englich; Oscar Gedda; [2020-07-07]
    Keywords : CSR; ESG; CFP; CSP; sustainability;

    Abstract : This study investigates the impact of Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) measures. A large part of earlier literature concerns the effect of ESG on CFP. In later years, some studies have examined whether the causality may flow the other way which is the vantage point of this thesis. READ MORE

  4. 8. Returns to Swedish Acquirers from Public an Private M&As

    University essay from

    Author : Robin Abrahamsson; Oscar Hammar; [2019-07-09]
    Keywords : Mergers and Acquisition; Listing effect; Abnormal returns; Value creation;

    Abstract : This paper examines Swedish listed acquirers’ cumulative abnormal returns surrounding the announcement of acquisitions between the period 1998–2018 of both public and private targets. We find that acquirers earn an average cumulative abnormal return of 0.68% when the target is public and an average cumulative abnormal return of 1. READ MORE

  5. 9. CEO Incentives and firm risk: in the context of cross-listing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : William Lennartsson; Harley Ljungdahl; [2019]
    Keywords : CEO compensation; CEO incentives; Stock options; Firm risk; Black-Scholes; Delta; Vega; Agency Theory; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research aims to investigate the relation of CEO compensation, especially how the sensitivity of CEO wealth to stock return volatility (vega), but also how the sensitivity of CEO wealth to stock price (delta) affects the risk of the firm. Moreover, these relations are investigated in the context of cross-listing to examine whether there are differences between US-only listed firms and those that are dual listed. READ MORE

  6. 10. Do Chinese Dual-listed Companies "Return with Glory" in Their Mainland IPOs ?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Wenxin Zhao; Kangni Lang; [2019]
    Keywords : Dual-listing; Market segmentation; Stock return; Event study; Cumulative abnormal return; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Dual-listing has become a popular approach for companies to seek funding and international expansion. Typically companies grow big from less developed domestic markets and march into developed markets. However, China, as an emerging market economy has witnessed a wave of Hong Kong-listed companies returning to the mainland for a second IPO. READ MORE