The existence and effectiveness of price support activities in Germany : a note

Andreas Oehler; Marco Rummer; Peter N. Smith

The overallotment or greenshoe option has become very popular in the German IPO market since its introduction in 1995 and is nowadays an important tool to stabilize IPOs or to issue additional shares in the case of excess demand. Besides providing evidence for the prevalence of price support activities by the underwriter we show that the greenshoe option which seems to be used to support overpriced offerings in the secondary market is not very effective in propping up aftermarket prices. Additionally, the market seems to decide quite early which firms are 'losers' and which are 'winners' in terms of stock market performance.

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Year of publication:	Sept. 2004 ; Rev. version
Other Persons:	Oehler, Andreas (contributor) ; Rummer, Marco (contributor) ; Smith, Peter N. (contributor)
Publisher:	Bamberg : Univ., Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Subject:	Börsengang \| Initial public offering \| Optionsgeschäft \| Option trading \| Deutschland \| Germany

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Extent:	Online-Ressource, 15, [4] p. = 117 KB, text ill
Series:	Bank- und Finanzwirtschaftliche Forschung: Diskussionsbeiträge des Lehrstuhls für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Finanzwirtschaft, Universität Bamberg. - Bamberg : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2135379-7. - Vol. 30
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat reader
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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