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The underpricing of initial public offerings: Some UK evidence

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  • Keasey, K
  • Short, H

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The existence of underpricing of initial public offerings (IPO's) has been the subject of much debate in the finance literature. The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which the level of underpricing of IPO's on the UK Unlisted Securities Market (USM) can be explained by factors related to the level of ex ante uncertainty surrounding IPO's. The results of the paper indicate that the level of underpricing of IPO's on the USM is found to be significantly related to only a few of the factors designed to capture ex ante uncertainty.

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  • Keasey, K & Short, H, 1992. "The underpricing of initial public offerings: Some UK evidence," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 457-466, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:20:y:1992:i:4:p:457-466
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    2. Paula Hill & Nicholas Wilson, 2006. "Value Gains on Flotation and IPO Underpricing," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(9‐10), pages 1435-1459, November.
    3. Beat Reber & Caroline Fong, 2006. "Explaining mispricing of initial public offerings in Singapore," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(18), pages 1339-1353.
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    7. Anna Vong, 2006. "Rate of subscription and after-market volatility in Hong Kong IPOs," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(16), pages 1217-1224.
    8. Mok, Henry M. K. & Hui, Y. V., 1998. "Underpricing and aftermarket performance of IPOs in Shanghai, China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 6(5), pages 453-474, November.
    9. Ramazan Aktas & Mehmet Baha Karan & Kürsat Aydogan, 2003. "Forecasting Short Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings in the Istanbul Stock Exchange," Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, vol. 8(1), pages 69-85, Spring.
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    11. Arvind Chaturvedi & Alok Pandey & Syamal K. Ghosh, 2006. "Firm Financing through IPOs: A Study of Causal Variables Responsible for Under-Pricing," Vision, , vol. 10(3), pages 23-33, July.

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