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Liquidity Benefits from IPO Underpricing : Ownership Dispersion or Information Effect

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  • Nesrine Bouzouita

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Jean-François Gajewski

    (IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc)

  • Carole Gresse

    (DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Our study investigates by which channels IPO underpricing impacts post-listing liquidity. Using a sample of IPOs undertaken on Euronext with diverse mechanisms, we show that when ownership structure is not influenced by initial underpricing, this underpricing still has a positive impact on aftermarket liquidity by a virtuous cycle related to analyst coverage. The analyst coverage purchased by initial underpricing reduces information asymmetry costs and illiquidity in the secondary market. The public information produced by analysts has a statistically more significant impact on adverse selection costs than on the proportion of informed traders in the market.

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  • Nesrine Bouzouita & Jean-François Gajewski & Carole Gresse, 2015. "Liquidity Benefits from IPO Underpricing : Ownership Dispersion or Information Effect," Post-Print hal-01632510, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01632510
    DOI: 10.1111/fima.12085
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