Can liquidity shifts explain the lockup expiration effect in stock returns?

Several studies on the expiration of IPO lockups document a strong negative reaction even though the unlock event is devoid of any informational content. The empirical finding has remained a conundrum. In this paper, we find that changes in liquidity can account for the observed stock price reaction...

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Main Authors: KRISHNAMURTI, Chandrasekhar, SUBRAHMANYAM, Avanidhar, THONG, Tiong Yang
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6442
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7441/viewcontent/SSRN_id1341465.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English