The Effects Of Owners' Participation And Lockup On Ipo Underpricing In Malaysia

Recent theories of initial public offering (IPO) underpricing depart from the traditional asymmetric information models. Two recent IPO underpricing models are Habib and Ljungqvist (2001) and Brav and Gompers (2003). The Malaysian IPO market, characterised by high incidence of secondary offerings...

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Main Author: Wan Hussin, Wan Nordin
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Language:English
Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2005
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/35839/1/AAMJ_10-1-2.pdf
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description Recent theories of initial public offering (IPO) underpricing depart from the traditional asymmetric information models. Two recent IPO underpricing models are Habib and Ljungqvist (2001) and Brav and Gompers (2003). The Malaysian IPO market, characterised by high incidence of secondary offerings and IPO lockup commitments, provides a fertile ground to test the newer theories of IPO underpricing. Examining IPOs between August 1996 and June 2000 in Bursa Malaysia, the evidence lends support to the theoretical predictions that IPO underpricing is negatively related to owners' participation ratio and positively associated with the fraction of directors' shares which is subject to liquidity restrictions.
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spelling usm.eprints-358392017-07-25T08:12:28Z http://eprints.usm.my/35839/ The Effects Of Owners' Participation And Lockup On Ipo Underpricing In Malaysia Wan Hussin, Wan Nordin HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management Recent theories of initial public offering (IPO) underpricing depart from the traditional asymmetric information models. Two recent IPO underpricing models are Habib and Ljungqvist (2001) and Brav and Gompers (2003). The Malaysian IPO market, characterised by high incidence of secondary offerings and IPO lockup commitments, provides a fertile ground to test the newer theories of IPO underpricing. Examining IPOs between August 1996 and June 2000 in Bursa Malaysia, the evidence lends support to the theoretical predictions that IPO underpricing is negatively related to owners' participation ratio and positively associated with the fraction of directors' shares which is subject to liquidity restrictions. Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/35839/1/AAMJ_10-1-2.pdf Wan Hussin, Wan Nordin (2005) The Effects Of Owners' Participation And Lockup On Ipo Underpricing In Malaysia. Asian Academy of Management Journal (AAMJ), 10 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1394-2603 http://web.usm.my/aamj/10.1.2005/AAMJ%2010-1-2.pdf
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