Do Multiple Credit Ratings Reduce Money Left on the Table? Evidence from U.S. IPOs

57 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 2019 Last revised: 23 Sep 2021

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Marc Goergen

IE Business School, IE University; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Dimitrios Gounopoulos

University of Bath - School of Management

Panagiotis Koutroumpis

Queen Mary University London

Date Written: December 29, 2020

Abstract

Using credit ratings as an uncertainty-reducing mechanism, we provide evidence of the beneficial impact of multiple credit ratings on reducing IPO underpricing and filing price revision. We find that the acquisition of multiple ratings in the pre-IPO period mitigates uncertainty more than the acquisition of a single rating. Multi-rated firms also have higher probabilities of survival than those with a single rating, whereas credit rating levels matter only for IPOs with more than one rating. The IPOs that are awarded the first rating on the borderline between investment and non-investment grades are more likely to seek an additional rating.

Keywords: Initial public offerings (IPOs); credit ratings; IPO underpricing; survivorship

JEL Classification: G10, G14, G39

Suggested Citation

Goergen, Marc and Gounopoulos, Dimitrios and Koutroumpis, Panagiotis, Do Multiple Credit Ratings Reduce Money Left on the Table? Evidence from U.S. IPOs (December 29, 2020). Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 67, 2021, 101898, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3358474 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3358474

Marc Goergen

IE Business School, IE University ( email )

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Dimitrios Gounopoulos (Contact Author)

University of Bath - School of Management ( email )

Panagiotis Koutroumpis

Queen Mary University London ( email )

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