Financial Centre Bias: Another Puzzling Anomaly in the IPO Market?

20 Pages Posted: 13 Jun 2008

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Dariusz Wojcik

University of Oxford, St. Peter's College

Abstract

This paper shows that firms from financial centres are more likely to go public than their provincial counterparts. The financial centre bias is analysed for 32 countries, including the European Union, the USA and Japan. It is particularly strong in countries with underdeveloped stock markets and closed corporate governance regimes, but it is still present in countries with the most developed stock markets and most open corporate governance, such as the UK and the USA. Reasons for the bias include the benefits of issuers' proximity to IPO intermediaries and specialised labour markets, corporate governance incentives, and cultural factors.

Keywords: IPOs, stock markets, financial centres, corporate governance, proximity

JEL Classification: G30, R10

Suggested Citation

Wojcik, Dariusz, Financial Centre Bias: Another Puzzling Anomaly in the IPO Market?. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1145223 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1145223

Dariusz Wojcik (Contact Author)

University of Oxford, St. Peter's College ( email )

New Inn Hall Street
Oxford, OX1 2DL
United Kingdom

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