An Investigation of the Factors Leading to Underpricing in the Norwegian IPO Market.

This paper examines the Norwegian market for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) for the period 1998-2008, and conducts an analysis of what factors have led to an average underpricing of 3.66%. It is discovered that whilst the risk level of a firm is irrelevant to its initial return when going public, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barfod, Jonathan Andreas
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23031/