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 …

This systematic literature review critically analyzes studies on the determinants of short
selling and the implications for information distribution, real economic decisions, financial …

We analyze the value of investor relations (IR) strategies to IPO firms. We find that firms that
are less visible and have inexperienced management tend to hire IR consultants prior to the …

We explore the governance effect of short-selling threat on mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
We use equity lending supply (LS) to proxy for the threat, as short sellers incentives to …

There is significant disagreement about whether, when, and why IPO firms manage
earnings. We precisely identify the timing and motives behind earnings management by IPO …

The JOBS Act allows certain analysts to be more involved in the IPO process, but does not
relax restrictions on analyst compensation structure. We find that these analysts initiate …

The valuation of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) firms has recently
gained attention in the literature. Research has shown that, for valuation of STEM firms …

Purpose The study examines the IPO resilience grounded on the firm's intrinsic factors.
Design/methodology/approach We examine the association of IPO performance and post …

We examine the prevalence and determinants of CEOs' use of tax-advantaged trusts prior to
their firm's IPO. Twenty-three percent of CEOs use tax-advantaged pre-IPO trusts, and share …

We exploit a unique experiment, where the intraday price moves of Indian IPO listings are
restricted within a narrow band, to examine the consequences of price bands for stock …