Initial public offerings in Singapore : the effect of media on underpricing.

• Main Authors: Ler, Shalynn Tze Min., Wong, Cho Kwan., Yap, Sompong Min Hua.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Equity
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44183
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, we examine the effects of media coverage on investors’ impressions and how these factors affect the underpricing of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the Singapore context. We focus on IPOs listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) over a time period from year 1994 to 2003 and retrieve...