Colaco, Hugh M.J., de Cesari, Amedeo and Hegde, Shantaram P. (2018). The waiting period of initial public offerings. European Journal of Finance, 24 (5), pp. 363-390.
Abstract
The length of time it takes an IPO firm to go public (called ‘waiting period’) reflects multiple layers of scrutiny from underwriters, auditors, venture capitalists, institutional investors, and regulators. Accordingly, we show that the waiting period is a good barometer of ex ante uncertainty about future cash flows and that it has predictive power after the firm goes public. We find that firms marked by short waiting periods experience lower underpricing and less uncertainty and superior stock/operating performance in the aftermarket. We also report that smaller firms are taking longer to go public after SOX Act, thus providing justification for the 2012 JOBS Act.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2017.1307770 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Accounting College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Journal of Finance on 16/04/17, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1351847X.2017.1307770 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | initial public offering,waiting period,underpricing,ex ante uncertainty,stock performance,operating performance |
Publication ISSN: | 1466-4364 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 07:33 |
Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2017 15:15 | PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2018-03-01 |
Published Online Date: | 2017-04-16 |
Accepted Date: | 2017-02-17 |
Submitted Date: | 2015-03-04 |
Authors: |
Colaco, Hugh M.J.
(![]() de Cesari, Amedeo Hegde, Shantaram P. |