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A Note on Firms' Strategic Behaviour During an IPO

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  • Pia Weiss

    (Institute for Economic Policy at the University of Cologne)

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When potential shareholders cannot observe the business conditions of the firms, the latter desiring to acquire capital by an IPO and operating under less favourable business conditions have a strong incentive to appear more successful.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Microeconomics with number 0201003.

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Length: 6 pages
Date of creation: 30 Jan 2002
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Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpmi:0201003

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Keywords: IPO; asymmetric information; signalling game;

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