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Examining Ipo Success In The Emerging Growth Enterprise Market Of China, Hai Long, Zhaoyong Zhang
Examining Ipo Success In The Emerging Growth Enterprise Market Of China, Hai Long, Zhaoyong Zhang
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Adopting a sample of the initial 243 IPOs from the emerging Growth Enterprise Market of China (GEMC) over the 2009 to 2011 period, this study develops a regression model to investigate the relationships between these factors and suggests that the firm’s net profit and its growth rate substantively determine the IPO volume. In addition, this study adopts probit models to test the influence of the four factors on IPO likelihood, and shows that: 1) fundraising amount, as one of the most significant IPO determinants, is positively associated with IPO probability on the new listing market; 2) the net profit, as …
Listing Requirements Lose Ipo-Screening Functions: Evidence From The Emerging Growth Enterprise Market Of China, Hai Long, Zhaoyong Zhang
Listing Requirements Lose Ipo-Screening Functions: Evidence From The Emerging Growth Enterprise Market Of China, Hai Long, Zhaoyong Zhang
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Using two multivariate regression models based on prior studies, this paper aims to examine whether the listing requirements of the GEMC are able to help the exchange to screen high quality IPO firms. It suggests that the approved IPO companies have better performances than failed ones, but listing requirements of the GEMC are unable to screen high quality issuers to go public, because the majority of listed companies performed poorly rather than better after their IPOs. This result is against previous findings that regard an IPO market as a screening device.