@article {Hopp:2013:0003-6846:435,
title = "Do differences in institutional and legal environments explain cross-country variations in IPO underpricing?",
journal = "Applied Economics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/raef",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2013",
volume = "45",
number = "4",
publication date ="2013-02-01T00:00:00",
pages = "435-454",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0003-6846",
eissn = "1466-4283",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/raef/2013/00000045/00000004/art00003",
doi = "doi:10.1080/00036846.2011.605760",
keyword = "H2, legal infrastructure, G1, panel data, IPO underpricing, institutions, G15",
author = "Hopp, C. and Dreher, A.",
abstract = "We empirically analyse the determinants of Initial Public Offering (IPO) underpricing using panel data for 24 countries over the period 19882005. Our hypotheses stress the importance of institutional and legal factors in explaining cross-country variations. We find evidence that
underpricing is higher in countries with stronger protection of outside investors, suggesting that incumbent managers try to use underpricing as a tool to safeguard their private benefits of control when going public. Moreover, the results show that underpricing is reduced when stronger law
enforcement and the availability of accounting information reduce the value of private benefits of control.",
}