{"title":"Competitive Effects of IPOs: Evidence from Chinese Listing Suspensions","authors":"Frank Packer, Mark M. Spiegel","doi":"10.1111/jmcb.13043","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Theory suggests that initial public offerings (IPOs) can adversely impact listed firms, both directly by increasing intraindustry competition, and indirectly by completing related asset market spaces. However, the endogeneity of individual IPO activity hinders testing these channels. This paper examines listing suspensions in China in a panel specification that accounts for macro‐economic and financial conditions, isolating the firm‐level IPO impact. We identify the competitive impact of listing suspensions through the value share of postponed firms in the IPO queue in their industry, and asset‐space competition by firms' historical covariance with a synthetic portfolio of listed firms with the IPO queue industry mix at the time of suspension. Our results support the predicted IPO effects through both channels. We also document heterogeneity in IPO effects. Stronger firms, measured through a variety of proxies, benefit less from the suspension news. These results are robust to a battery of sensitivity tests.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.13043","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Theory suggests that initial public offerings (IPOs) can adversely impact listed firms, both directly by increasing intraindustry competition, and indirectly by completing related asset market spaces. However, the endogeneity of individual IPO activity hinders testing these channels. This paper examines listing suspensions in China in a panel specification that accounts for macro‐economic and financial conditions, isolating the firm‐level IPO impact. We identify the competitive impact of listing suspensions through the value share of postponed firms in the IPO queue in their industry, and asset‐space competition by firms' historical covariance with a synthetic portfolio of listed firms with the IPO queue industry mix at the time of suspension. Our results support the predicted IPO effects through both channels. We also document heterogeneity in IPO effects. Stronger firms, measured through a variety of proxies, benefit less from the suspension news. These results are robust to a battery of sensitivity tests.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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