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Earnings Management and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings

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  • Kyoko Nagata

    (Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

  • Toyohiko Hachiya

    (Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan)

Abstract

This study investigates whether the extent of earnings management has any impact on offer price in initial public offering (IPO). Using a sample of 581 JASDAQ IPO firms, we find that offer price reflects earnings management to some extent. Firms with conservative earnings management tend to have higher offer prices, and firms managing earnings aggressively tend to be discounted when they fail to exhibit smooth earnings growth. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that underwriters adjust for the effect of earnings management to appropriately pricing the issues. Overall, our evidence could lead to another explanation for IPO underpricing.

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  • Kyoko Nagata & Toyohiko Hachiya, 2007. "Earnings Management and the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 10(04), pages 541-559.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:rpbfmp:v:10:y:2007:i:04:n:s0219091507001197
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219091507001197
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    1. Kenneth Shaw, 2012. "CEO incentives and the cost of debt," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 323-346, April.
    2. Roy Kouwenberg & Pipat Thontirawong, 2016. "Group affiliation and earnings management of Asian IPO issuers," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 47(4), pages 897-917, November.
    3. Deepa Mangala & Mamta Dhanda, 2019. "Earnings Management and Performance of IPO Firms: Evidence from India," Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, , vol. 12(1), pages 39-58, June.
    4. Chun-An Li & Tse-Mao Lin & Yu-Wen Huang, 2018. "Managerial Overconfidence, Compensation Induced Risk Taking, And Earnings Management," The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 12(2), pages 1-26.
    5. William Dimovski & Simmala Philavanh & Robert Brooks, 2011. "Underwriter reputation and underpricing: evidence from the Australian IPO market," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 37(4), pages 409-426, November.
    6. Zhe Shen & Jerry Coakley & Norvald Instefjord, 2014. "Earnings management and IPO anomalies in China," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 42(1), pages 69-93, January.
    7. Le Thuy Ngoc An & Yoshiyuki Matsuura & Mohammad Ali Tareq & Nurhayati Md Issa & Norliza Che-Yahya, 2023. "Impact of Patent Signal on Firm’s Performance at IPO: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Firms," Economies, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-22, March.
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    9. Troy Pollard, 2016. "Sneaking in the back door? An evaluation of reverse mergers and IPOs," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 47(2), pages 305-341, August.
    10. Karel Hrazdil & Thomas Scott, 2013. "The role of industry classification in estimating discretionary accruals," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 40(1), pages 15-39, January.
    11. Joseph R. Rakestraw & Raman Kumar & John J. Maher, 2020. "Industry-Average Earnings Management and IPO Pricing," Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(04), pages 1-46, January.

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    Keywords

    Initial public offerings; earnings management; consecutive earnings increases; underpricing;
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    JEL classification:

    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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