Corporate governance, IPO performance and politically-connected companies in Singapore.

• Main Authors: Lim, Jiongting., Lee, Chee Wee., Lin, Hanwei.
• Other Authors: Ding, David Kuan Yong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9986
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Political connections may contribute to the performance of newly listed companies. We investigate the board structure of newly listed companies in Singapore. We compare the market performance of newly listed companies with and without political connections. We show that Singapore listed companies wi...