IPO Behavior in GCC Countries : Goody-Two Shoes or Bad-to-the-Bone?

This paper documents the phenomenon of underpricing initial public offerings (IPOs) for 47 firms that went public between 2001 and 2006 in the equity markets of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The average initial abnormal returns of 290 percent exceed those found in the existing li...

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Соавтор: International Monetary Fund
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/149
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF