This paper is working on one IPO panel data to estimate the predicting power of some co-variates on future status of IPO firms after going public. Specifically, our study aims to study how the possibility of the de-listing due to two major reasons, including merges, and bad performance...

We examine the consequences of shifting the IPO offer pricing power from securities regulators to market participants in a representative weak investor protection country, China. We show IPO offer prices relative to reported earnings are less depressed when determined by market participants than...