Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17809 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1259
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We study the link between underpricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) and index excess returns in secondary markets. We use a theoretical model to argue that underpricing of IPOs raises investors' attention and, thereby, triggers investments in secondary markets. Our theoretical model implies that such investments should give rise to positive index excess returns in secondary markets. The results of our empirical tests, based on a dataset of stocks from the Neuer Markt and the Nouveau Marché, are in line with the implication of our theoretical model.
Subjects: 
underpricing
index excess returns
IT firms
JEL: 
N24
G14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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