The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings

This study uses a sample of Singapore IPOs to examine the signalling process at the time of a new issue of shares. The multiple regression analysis results support three testable implications of the Grinblatt and Hwang model. We show that (1) the value of the firm is positively related to the fracti...

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Main Authors: KOH, Francis, LIM, Young Sain, Joseph, Neo, Chin
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https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01732893
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-21392010-09-23T06:24:04Z The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings KOH, Francis LIM, Young Sain, Joseph Neo, Chin This study uses a sample of Singapore IPOs to examine the signalling process at the time of a new issue of shares. The multiple regression analysis results support three testable implications of the Grinblatt and Hwang model. We show that (1) the value of the firm is positively related to the fractional holding of the issuer, (2) the degree of underpricing is an increasing function of the variance, and (3) firm value is positively related to the degree of underpricing. 1992-10-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1140 info:doi/10.1007/bf01732893 https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01732893 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business
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KOH, Francis
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Neo, Chin
The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings
description This study uses a sample of Singapore IPOs to examine the signalling process at the time of a new issue of shares. The multiple regression analysis results support three testable implications of the Grinblatt and Hwang model. We show that (1) the value of the firm is positively related to the fractional holding of the issuer, (2) the degree of underpricing is an increasing function of the variance, and (3) firm value is positively related to the degree of underpricing.
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author KOH, Francis
LIM, Young Sain, Joseph
Neo, Chin
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LIM, Young Sain, Joseph
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title The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings
title_short The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings
title_full The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings
title_fullStr The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings
title_full_unstemmed The Signalling Process in Initial Public Offerings
title_sort signalling process in initial public offerings
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1992
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1140
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01732893
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