Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/7717
Title: Choice of selling mechanism at the IPO: the case of the French second market
Authors: VANDEMAELE, Sigrid 
Issue Date: 2003
Source: European financial management, 9(4). p. 435-455
Abstract: This study examines the choice of flotation mechanism within the framework of the French Second Market. Between 1983 and 1996, a firm that opted for a quotation on the Second Market, had the choice between (i) an auction‐like procedure (there were two variants) and (ii) a fixed‐price introduction procedure. Several interesting results are presented. First, the choice for an auction‐like procedure appears to be positively related to firm valuation uncertainty at the IPO. Second, the likelihood of opting for an auction‐like procedure decreases as the reputation of the investment bank guiding the flotation increases. Third, the likelihood of opting for an auction is increasing in the number of secondary shares sold by venture capitalists and investment banks.
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/7717
ISSN: 1354-7798
e-ISSN: 1468-036X
DOI: 10.1111/1468-036X.00231
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: vabb 2010
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