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The Berlin Stock Exchange in Imperial Germany ? a Market for New Technology?

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Analysing 474 cases of firms going public in the German capital between 1892 and 1913, we show that innovative firms could rely on the Berlin stock market as a source of financing. The data also reveal that initial public offerings (IPO) of innovative firms were characterized by particularly low underpricing, comparatively high first trading prices, and no long-run underperformance. We interpret these empirical results as evidence for the surprising fact that contemporary investors had rational expectations.

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  • , & Streb, Jochen, 2015. "The Berlin Stock Exchange in Imperial Germany ? a Market for New Technology?," CEPR Discussion Papers 10558, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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    Industrialisation; Innovation; Ipo; Stock exchange;
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    JEL classification:

    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • N23 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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