Document Type
Journal Article
Department/Unit
Department of Finance and Decision Sciences
Language
English
Abstract
This study investigates the effect of corporate governance factors on the underpricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong, and the results show that this effect is significant. IPOs are categorized into four subgroups based on the role of the founder: (1) no-founder firms (companies with no specific founder), (2) pure-founder firms (companies whose founder is neither the company’s chairman of the board nor its CEO), (3) founder-chairman/CEO firms (companies whose founder is either the company’s chairman of the board or its CEO) and (4) founder-chairman-CEO firms (companies whose founder is the chairman and CEO). The results demonstrate a significant descending pattern for the underpricing level of the four subgroups, which can be explained by the varying incentive and behaviour mechanisms that result from the various founder identities.
Keywords
Family firms, IPO underpricing, corporate governance, board of directors, Hong Kong
Publication Date
2-2018
Source Publication Title
Applied Economics
Volume
50
Issue
7
Start Page
774
End Page
788
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Applied Economics in May 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00036846.2017.1340577.
Funder
Dai acknowledges financial support from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2016M592322) and financial support from Research Centre of Low-carbon Economy for Guangzhou Region, Jinan University.
DOI
10.1080/00036846.2017.1340577
Link to Publisher's Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2017.1340577
ISSN (print)
00036846
ISSN (electronic)
14664283
Recommended Citation
Cheung, Yan-leung, Yunhao Dai, Zhiwei Ouyang, and Weiqiang Tan. "Who leaves money on the table? The role of founder identity in Hong Kong." Applied Economics 50.7 (2018): 774-788.