Underpricing and IPO ownership retention

Journal of Economics and Finance - Tập 28 - Trang 132-146 - 2004
Richard M. Robinson1, Mary Ann Robinson1, Chien-Chih Peng2
1Department of Accounting and Finance, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
2Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Morehead State University, Morehead

Tóm tắt

An agency-theory model of IPO management retention is presented and empirically explored. The model is based upon the differences between the investment public’s and underwriters’ fears of the consequences of management entrenchment and other agency problems. The model suggests that IPO underpricing should be a curvilinear hump-shaped function of retention. A large-sample empirical exploration verifies the curvilinear relation.

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