An empirical investigation of the speed of information aggregation: A study of IPOs

VAN BOMMEL, Jos; Dahya, Jay; Shi, Zhihong

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An empirical investigation of the speed of information aggregation: A study of IPOs

VAN BOMMEL, Jos; Dahya, Jay; Shi, Zhihong

2010 • In International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 2 (1), p. 47 - 79

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Information aggregation; Initial public offerings; IPOs; Market microstructure; Volatility; Accounting; Finance; Economics and Econometrics

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[en] This paper researches the microstructure of the price process after the IPO, to gain insight into the information aggregation process of secondary market trading. We investigate a sample of 2,040 US IPOs between 1993 and 2000 and find that it takes approximately one week for all IPO-related information to be reflected in the market price. Using a novel methodology to gauge event-time volatility, we attribute this fast information aggregation to the bookbuilding process and to the extraordinary liquidity in the IPO aftermarket. © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

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VAN BOMMEL, Jos ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Economics and Management (DEM)

Dahya, Jay; Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY, New York, NY 10010, United States

Shi, Zhihong; SUNY, Old Westbury, NY 11568-0210, United States

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English

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An empirical investigation of the speed of information aggregation: A study of IPOs

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2010

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International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance

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1755-3830

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1755-3849

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Inderscience Publishers

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47 - 79

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