Using an augmented dataset with combined information from Crowdcube, Crunchbase, and
Companies House, we study the population of 212 successfully funded initial equity …

This paper discusses the literature on delisting, drawing on USA and international evidence.
Given the great heterogeneity in delisting operations, we first consider the standard existing …

Dual class shares and multiple voting rights have increasingly developed despite formal
reference to the “one share–one vote” principle. This contradictory situation is analyzed …

This paper studies the impact of regulation on IPO markets using historical data. Regulatory
interventions have different effects on the development of public equity markets under …

States with large markets routinely compete with one another to shield domestic regulatory
policies from global pressure, export their rules to other jurisdictions, and provide their firms …

Abstract In 2003, the German Stock Exchange instituted the Prime Standard as the highest
regulated stock market segment in Germany. We analyze the firms' delisting decisions from …

This exploratory study aims to analyse how and whether family involvement in the top
management team of listed family firms affects post-IPO survival on capital markets. We …

This paper mainly examines whether the air quality index can forecast the Chinese stock
market volatility. By comparing the predictability of air quality index, leverage components …

Since their explosion in the mid-1990s, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have turned into a
global phenomenon with growing prevalence. A large number of theoretical and empirical …

Abstract Information-based models of the IPO decision suggest that going public before
having generated revenues is inefficient. Still, 15% of firms going public in Europe have not …