Rational IPO Waves

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Lubos Pastor

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Pietro Veronesi

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: August 1, 2005

Abstract

We argue that the number of firms going public changes over time in response to time variation in market conditions. We develop a model of optimal IPO timing in which IPO waves are caused by declines in expected market return, increases in expected aggregate profitability, or increases in prior uncertainty about the average future profitability of IPOs. We test and find support for the model's empirical predictions. For example, we find that IPO waves tend to be preceded by high market returns and followed by low market returns.

Keywords: IPO, waves

JEL Classification: G10, G30

Suggested Citation

Pastor, Lubos and Veronesi, Pietro, Rational IPO Waves (August 1, 2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1957448 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1957448

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Pietro Veronesi

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