Purpose - Political factors play a crucial role in China's initial public offering (IPO) market due to its distinctive institutional context (i.e. "economic decentralization" and "political centralization"). Given the significant level of IPO underpricing in China, we examine the impact of local...

This study examines the impact of margin loans and accompanying regulatory changes on the underpricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) in Türkiye, with a focus on the wave of IPOs from 2020 to 2023-a period during which the number of IPOs and proceeds from them reached record highs....

This study explores the impact of IPO prospectus language on the prevalent underpricing in European IPOs, using natural language processing techniques. Specifically, it investigates whether a relationship exists between litigious, negative, positive, and uncertain language, as well as the degree...

Purpose Based on the textual-analyzed data covering 2148 IPO firms in China's stock market during the 2007-2018 period, the authors' purpose is to examine the influence of anti-takeover provision (ATP) adoption on initial public offerings (IPO) underpricing and identify the reducing effect of...