The purpose of this monograph is to provide an overview of the IPO literature since 2000.
The fewer numbers of companies going public in recent years has raised many questions …

We review and assess research findings from more than 120 papers in accounting, finance,
and law to evaluate the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We describe significant …

This paper examines the market for initial coin offerings (ICOs). ICOs are smart contracts
based on blockchain technology that are designed for entrepreneurs to raise external …

This paper investigates the effects of going public on innovation by comparing the
innovation activity of firms that go public with firms that withdraw their initial public offering …

This paper investigates the impact of schools banning mobile phones on student test scores.
By surveying schools in four English cities regarding their mobile phone policies and …

We investigate whether short-termism distorts the investment decisions of stock market-listed
firms. To do so, we compare the investment behavior of observably similar public and private …

During 1980–2000, an average of 310 companies per year went public in the United States.
Since 2000, the average has been only 99 initial public offerings (IPOs) per year, with the …

Public firms provide a large amount of information through their disclosures. In addition,
information intermediaries publicly analyze, discuss, and disseminate these disclosures …

The deregulation of securities laws—in particular the National Securities Markets
Improvement Act (NSMIA) of 1996—has increased the supply of private capital to late-stage …

This research explores whether relationships between young firms and certain early–stage
seed funders portray certification effects that influence venture capitalist (VC) screening …