Regulated price and demand in China’s IPO market
Geertsema, Paul Lu, Helen
Geertsema, Paul
Lu, Helen
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2020
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Journal of Banking & Finance
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119
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October
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We use simultaneous equations to model the bi-directional causality between IPO initial returns and oversubscription ratios in China. We find that the causality is one-directional from oversubscription ratios to IPO initial returns in the post-reform period (2005–2015), which is consistent with a demand effect. By contrast, a demand effect did not exist in the pre-reform period (1996–2004). Our findings suggest that the 2005 reform of the IPO pricing mechanism has allowed IPO prices to be determined by market forces in China.
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Initial Public Offering, Initial Returns, IPO Underpricing, IPO Oversubscription, IPO Oversubscription, A-share Markets