IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/coacre/v5y1989i2p501-515.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The valuation of initial public offerings

Author

Listed:
  • I. KRINSKY
  • W. ROTENBERG

Abstract

. This paper examines the empirical validity of hypothesized relationships between the initial value of unseasoned common shares and information revealed to outside investors. In addition to the direct accounting disclosures contained in the offering prospectus, the entrepreneur is believed to signal the firm's true value through the proportion of ownership retained in the firm and the selection of prestigious underwriting services. The underwriter, in turn, intermediates in the disclosure of information to investors and applies a fee schedule which provides outsiders with further indications of project quality. Résumé. Les auteurs examinent la validité empirique des relations dont ils posent l'hypothèse entre la valeur des actions ordinaires lors d'une émission initiale et l'information livrée aux investisseurs extérieurs. En plus de l'information comptable directe contenue dans le prospectus d'émission, l'entrepreneur s'attend à ce que le pourcentage de la participation qu'il conserve dans l'entreprise et la sélection de services de prise ferme prestigieux soient des indicateurs de la valeur véritable de l'entreprise. Le preneur ferme, à son tour, joue le rôle d'intermédiaire dans la communication d'information aux investisseurs et applique un barème de frais qui véhicule, aux yeux des investisseurs extérieurs, d'autres indications au sujet de la qualité de l'émission.

Suggested Citation

  • I. Krinsky & W. Rotenberg, 1989. "The valuation of initial public offerings," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(2), pages 501-515, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:5:y:1989:i:2:p:501-515
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.1989.tb00719.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.1989.tb00719.x
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1911-3846.1989.tb00719.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Ritter, Jay R, 1984. "Signaling and the Valuation of Unseasoned New Issues: A Comment," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 39(4), pages 1231-1237, September.
    2. Stephen A. Ross, 1977. "The Determination of Financial Structure: The Incentive-Signalling Approach," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 8(1), pages 23-40, Spring.
    3. Leland, Hayne E & Pyle, David H, 1977. "Informational Asymmetries, Financial Structure, and Financial Intermediation," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 32(2), pages 371-387, May.
    4. Ibbotson, Roger G., 1975. "Price performance of common stock new issues," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 235-272, September.
    5. Titman, Sheridan & Trueman, Brett, 1986. "Information quality and the valuation of new issues," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 159-172, June.
    6. George J. Benston, 1984. "On the value and limitations of financial accounting," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(1), pages 47-57, September.
    7. Downes, David H & Heinkel, Robert, 1982. "Signaling and the Valuation of Unseasoned New Issues," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 37(1), pages 1-10, March.
    8. Sudipto Bhattacharya, 1980. "Nondissipative Signaling Structures and Dividend Policy," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 95(1), pages 1-24.
    9. Hughes, Patricia J., 1986. "Signalling by direct disclosure under asymmetric information," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 119-142, June.
    10. Beatty, Randolph P. & Ritter, Jay R., 1986. "Investment banking, reputation, and the underpricing of initial public offerings," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(1-2), pages 213-232.
    11. Ronald R. Braeutigam & Mark V. Pauly, 1986. "Cost Function Estimation and Quality Bias: The Regulated Automobile Insurance Industry," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 17(4), pages 606-617, Winter.
    12. White, Halbert, 1980. "A Heteroskedasticity-Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimator and a Direct Test for Heteroskedasticity," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 48(4), pages 817-838, May.
    13. Sudipto Bhattacharya & Jay R. Ritter, 1983. "Innovation and Communication: Signalling with Partial Disclosure," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 50(2), pages 331-346.
    14. Daniel B. Thornton, 1986. "Current cost disclosers and nondisclosers: Theory and Canadian evidence," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 3(1), pages 1-34, September.
    15. Lev, Baruch & Sunder, Shyam, 1979. "Methodological issues in the use of financial ratios," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 1(3), pages 187-210, December.
    16. Jarque, Carlos M. & Bera, Anil K., 1980. "Efficient tests for normality, homoscedasticity and serial independence of regression residuals," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 255-259.
    17. Sudipto Bhattacharya, 1979. "Imperfect Information, Dividend Policy, and "The Bird in the Hand" Fallacy," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 10(1), pages 259-270, Spring.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Philippe Gorry & Diego Useche, 2018. "Orphan Drug Designations as Valuable Intangible Assets for IPO Investors in Pharma-Biotech Companies," NBER Chapters, in: Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision Medicine, pages 305-334, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Useche, Diego, 2014. "Are patents signals for the IPO market? An EU–US comparison for the software industry," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 43(8), pages 1299-1311.
    3. Firth, Michael & Liau-Tan, Chee Keng, 1997. "Signalling models and the valuation of new issues: An examination of IPOs in Singapore," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 5(5), pages 511-526, December.
    4. John M. Friedlan, 1994. "Accounting Choices of Issuers of Initial Public Offerings," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(1), pages 1-31, June.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Kevin Keasey & Helen Short, 1997. "Equity retention and initial public offerings: the influence of signalling and entrenchment effects," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 75-85.
    2. Firth, Michael & Liau-Tan, Chee Keng, 1997. "Signalling models and the valuation of new issues: An examination of IPOs in Singapore," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 5(5), pages 511-526, December.
    3. Peter M. Clarkson & Alex Dontoh & Gordon Richardson & Stephan E. Sefcik, 1992. "The voluntary inclusion of earnings forecasts in IPO prospectuses," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(2), pages 601-616, March.
    4. Jeppsson, Hans, 2018. "Initial public offerings, subscription precommitments and venture capital participation," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 650-668.
    5. Keasey, Kevin & McGuinness, Paul B., 2008. "Firm value and its relation to equity retention levels, forecast earnings disclosures and underpricing in initial public offerings in Hong Kong," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 17(6), pages 642-662, December.
    6. Vijay Jog & Bruce J. McConomy, 2003. "Voluntary Disclosure of Management Earnings Forecasts in IPO Prospectuses," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1‐2), pages 125-168, January.
    7. Sheela Sundarasen & Kamilah Kamaludin & Izani Ibrahim & Usha Rajagopalan & Nevi Danila, 2021. "Auditors, Underwriters, and Firm Owners’ Interaction in an IPO Environment: The Case of OECD Nations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-13, June.
    8. McGuinness, Paul B., 2014. "IPO firm value and its connection with cornerstone and wider signalling effects," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 138-162.
    9. Catherine M. Daily & S. Trevis Certo & Dan R. Dalton & Rungpen Roengpitya, 2003. "IPO Underpricing: A Meta–Analysis and Research Synthesis," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 27(3), pages 271-295, July.
    10. Ann Gaeremynck & Reinhilde Veugelers, 1999. "The revaluation of assets as a signalling device: a theoretical and an empirical analysis," Accounting and Business Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(2), pages 123-138.
    11. Paul A. Copley & Edward B. Douthett, 2002. "The Association between Auditor Choice, Ownership Retained, and Earnings Disclosure by Firms Making Initial Public Offerings," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(1), pages 49-76, March.
    12. Neil Hartnett, 2010. "The value relevance of earnings forecast disclosures: an investigation of forecast attributes and signalling in the Australian IPO context," Applied Financial Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(23), pages 1819-1828.
    13. John S. Hughes, 1989. "Discussion of “The valuation of initial public offeringsâ€," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(2), pages 519-525, March.
    14. Paul B. McGuinness, 2016. "Post-IPO performance and its association with subscription cascades and issuers’ strategic-political importance," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 46(2), pages 291-333, February.
    15. Mike Siew Wei Leong & Sheela Devi Sundarasen, 2015. "Ipo Initial Returns And Volatility: A Study In An Emerging Market," The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 9(3), pages 71-82.
    16. Beng Soon Chong & Kim Wai Ho, 2007. "Lockup and Voluntary Earnings Forecast Disclosure in IPOs," Financial Management, Financial Management Association International, vol. 36(3), pages 63-80, September.
    17. Firth, Michael, 1997. "An analysis of the stock market performance of new issues in New Zealand," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 5(1), pages 63-85, February.
    18. Agathee, Ushad Subadar & Sannassee, Raja Vinesh & Brooks, Chris, 2012. "The underpricing of IPOs on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 281-303.
    19. Ang, James S. & Brau, James C., 2003. "Concealing and confounding adverse signals: insider wealth-maximizing behavior in the IPO process," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(1), pages 149-172, January.
    20. Reber, Beat & Vencappa, Dev, 2016. "Deliberate premarket underpricing and aftermarket mispricing: New insights on IPO pricing," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 18-33.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:5:y:1989:i:2:p:501-515. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1111/(ISSN)1911-3846 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.