The thesis is a quantitative study examining the correlation between IPO underpricing andinside ownership and whether subgroups' significance has a greater effect on underpricing.The methodology of this study involved employing OLS regression analysis. Literature on IPO underpricing and ownership is primarily focused on the relationship between institutionalinvestors. Furthermore, previous literature on IPOs and ownership have been conducted onthe dilution of inside ownership post-introduction and retention rate concerning the firm's quality. The contribution of the study is to the literature on IPO underpricing and asymmetricinformation due to inside ownership. In addition to previous literature, regarding underpricingof IPOs and the asymmetric information between inside and outside ownership. The resultsindicate that inside ownership increases underpricing of IPOs and that the subgroups CEO andBoard of Directors significantly influence underpricing in the Swedish stock market. Thestudy also investigated whether underpricing was affected by insider holding during uncertainperiods such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but no evidence supporting this hypothesis wasfound.

I denna studie av nyintroduktioner på börsen (IPO:er), från 2006 till 2014, på börsen Nasdaq Nordic (som består av Nasdaqs börser i Finland, Sverige, Danmark och Island) undersöker vi om avkastningen för private equity-ägda företags IPO:er på lång sikt är högre än hos de icke private equity-ägda företagens IPO:er. Vi mäter den långsiktiga avkastningen genom att använda måttet BHAR och jämföra de två grupperna sinsemellan. Vi finner att private equity- ägda företags IPO:er har en högre avkastning än de icke private equity-ägda företagens IPO:er över de båda tidsperioderna 1 och 3 år. / In this study of IPOs, from 2006 until 2014, of the Nasdaq Nordic market (main markets of Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland) we are investigating whether the long-run return of private equity backed IPOs significantly differs from the return of non-private equity backed IPOs. We measure the long-run performance by using the simple BHAR and comparing the two samples. We find that private equity-backed IPOs significantly outperform non-private equity backed companies over the measured time periods, 1 and 3 years.

The purpose of the study is to analyze the problem of offer pricing and share issuing in the issuer with a dynamic model. The result shows: First, the correlation between discount and the prosperity of the market is not a linear function. Thus, ¡¥the IPO¡¦s timing¡¦ should be the key issue of issuing firm, which can reasonably explain the fluctuations in underpricing over time. Second, we also discover that the relationship between the ownership structure and the prosperity of the market is not a liner function as what Bolton and Thadden (1998) have claimed. Third, the firm with low quality prefers to release issuing shares in IPO when the market is booming. Fourth, the less the IPO discount in traditional industry, the more the share releasing. Finally, the more the phenomena of subscription, the more the investors subscribe blindly and generate an effect of the cascade. One of the contributions in this model comprises the views between the prosperity of the market and IPO discount in the literature to integrate a profound viewpoint by dividing the IPO discount into the offer pricing error and the market pricing error. Another finding is that the offer pricing error will decrease subject to the prosperity of the market. This is consistent with the viewpoint of Chemmanur (1993) that when the market is booming, the issuers can decrease the cost of adverse choice. As for the non-linear relation between the market pricing error and the prosperity of the market is coordinate with what Ma(1999) has claimed that IPO discount is influenced by the offer pricing and the market pricing. Besides, the non-linear relationship between ownership structure and the prosperity of market can reasonably account for the real situation. Besides, the benefit of controlling authority is better than the value of the cash flow of the released shares owing to the depression of the market, even the market is turning booming. Therefore, the issuers will minimize releasing share. However, the issuers will increasing released shares up to the market is keeping booming and the value of the cash flow of the released shares is better than the benefit of controlling authority. An auction model is established to analyze the choice of firms between fixed-price offerings and auctions. Chemmanur and Liu(2003) stated that obtaining the auction information is more advanced; however, the cost is high so that it can not catch enough investors to produce information which does not favor the discovery of the secondary market price. On the contrary, we proclaim that the information transmitting effect produced by auction will be helpful to the discovery of the secondary market price. Thus, a profitable company but suffers from high levels of information asymmetry prior to the IPO might expect the secondly market price to reflect its real value by auction. Moreover, the choice of underwriting mechanisms lies in the prosperity of the market, the reputation of the company and the degree of the releasing shares. The result of the empirical study is consistant with the expectation of our model.

For the past half a century, there has been progressive development in corporate finance theories, and among these, corporate financial decisions have been attracting the attention of outsiders. As the outsiders¡¦ learning process of the firm¡¦s private information determines the firm¡¦s value, managers who are concerned with outsiders¡¦ perceptions of their firms try to enhance their firms¡¦ short-term reputation through their financial decisions. However, up to this date, few reputation models have been applied to predict these financial decisions. Three corporate finance issues are involved to identify the reputation effects on corporate finance: (1) convertible bond call policies, (2) IPO decisions and activities, and (3) corporate financing policies. As for the first issue, this study constructs a two-period reputation model of a convertible bond call policy. This model concludes that in equilibrium, a firm with bad management quality and a bad reputation chooses to call, while a firm with good management quality or of a good reputation builds up it reputation by not calling the convertible bonds. This is consistent with the signaling theory proposed by Harris and Raviv (1985). However, the reputation model here identifies the call policy as a reputation-building mechanism rather than being only a signaling role, and suggests that the reputation rents resolve the discrepancies of the stock¡¦s post-call price performance. As for the IPO decisions and activities, this study performs another reputation model to analyze a firm¡¦s reputation effects on IPO activities, especially on the decision to go public. The results yield that a firm¡¦s reputation does affect its decision to go public. By listing equities publicly, firms with good management quality and a solid past would anticipate enhancing their reputations, and those with a poor past would anticipate building up good names. Furthermore, good reputation firms with bad management quality would anticipate maintaining their reputations by going public. On the other hand, it is found that good firms over-invest in building up their reputations and bad firms take advantage of their reputations to go public. Both result in firms¡¦ over-going public and IPO mispricing. This constitutes an alternative interpretation on IPOs¡¦ long-run underperformance and the sharp decline of the survival rate. As for the corporate financing policies, the other reputation model is constructed by taking both determinants, the costs of financial distress as well as the firm¡¦s reputation into consideration. The results show that good management quality firms with good reputations enjoy their financial flexibility between debt and equity. Bad management quality firms take advantage of their good names to issue equities, which leads to over investment. Good management firms lose their financial accesses due to bad reputations, which lead to under investment. Reputations would screen the bad management quality firms with bad reputations off the market. This dissertation concludes that reputations indeed affect the three selected corporate financial decisions and suggests further plow on more corporate finance issues.

Inledning: Inom finansmarknaden där en handelsplats för värdepapper finns är IPO ett omtalat ämne. Fascinationen ligger vid introduktionen av ett företag på börsen som tidigare varit privatägd och dess avkastning på aktien. Vidare är prissättningen på aktierna och timingen för en notering intressanta aspekter som har studerats sedan många år tillbaka. I denna uppsats ska det undersökas hur aktiepriserna för de noterade bolag har utvecklats vid olika ekonomiska tillväxter. Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka om det ekonomiska läget påverkar aktiekursernas utfall vid en notering samt hur dessa utvecklas på noteringsdagen och 30 dagar efter noteringen. Metod: Genom beräkningar av introduktionspriserna i jämförelse med stängningskurserna på noteringsdagen och 30 dagar efter noteringen får man fram aktiekursernas utveckling. Teoretisk referensram: Den effektiva marknadshypotesen och signalteorin Resultat: Undersökningens resultat visade på att skillnaden i aktiernas avkastning mellan företag som noterat sig under en hög respektive låg ekonomisk tillväxt var mycket liten. Företagen som hade noterat sig under en hög ekonomisk tillväxt hade endast 0,1 % högre avkastning än de företag som noterade sig under en låg ekonomisk tillväxt. Detta tyder på att det ekonomiska läget inte påverkar noteringar avsevärt. / Introduction: Within the financial market where there is a trading place for securities, IPO is a well discussed topic. The fascination lies on the introduction of a company on the stock market that was earlier privately-owned and its return on the share. Furthermore the pricing of the shares and the timing for listings are interesting aspects that have been studied many years back. Hence, this essay will examine how the share prices for the listing companies have developed through different economic growth. Purpose: The purpose is to examine if the economic situation affects the share prices outcome during a listing and moreover, to see how they have developed on the listing day and 30 days after the listing. Method: By comparing the calculations of the introduction prices to the closing prices on the listing day and 30 days after the listing, this essay will examine the share prices development that occurs. Theoretical framework: The efficient market hypothesis and the signaling theory. Results: The results of the examination showed that the difference between companies is very small, regardless of the economic growth at the time they got listed. Companies that got listed during a higher economic growth had only a 0.1 % higher return than companies that got listed during a lower economic growth, which suggests that the economic situation does not affect the listings significantly.

New companies go public through Nasdaqs growth market First North constantly. The reasons for going public are many, and the interest at the moment is big. There are different ways to go public, the most common being the traditional IPO. This study is about the companies that have been listed on Nasdaq First North between 2008 and 2013 through traditional IPO, or by RTO (reverse takeover). The differences between these two ways of going public are that the IPOs are reviewed more thoroughly by Nasdaq and the market. This makes the study interesting, as the RTOs go public in a faster way, and avoid the review from outside parties largely. In this study you will see whether there is a difference in investing in either group of companies, from a shareholders point of view. In the study, we establish that there is no difference in the performance between the two groups of companies. However, we do see clear differenes between the companies development, not from a share perspective, but in other interesting perspectives such as takeovers, listing changes, bankruptcy, and delistings. / På Nasdaqs tillväxtmarknad First North sker ständigt nya introduktioner av företag. Anledningarna till börsnoteringarna är många, och intresset är i skrivande stund stort för att introduceras på börsen. Det finns olika sätt att introduceras på börsen, där det vanligast förkommande är genom en så kallad IPO-process. Denna studie utgår från bolag som har börsnoterats på Nasdaq First North under tidsperioden 2008-2013 genom IPO och RTO (omvända förvärv). Skillnaderna mellan dessa introduktioner är att IPO-bolagen granskas i högre grad av Nasdaqoch marknaden i övrigt inför introduktionen. Detta gör det intressant då RTO-bolagen kommer snabbare in på börsen och undviker granskningen från utomstående parter till stordel. I studien får du ur ett aktieägarperspektiv svar på om det är värt att investera i större utsträckning i någon av kategorierna, samt aktiernas utveckling i relation till deras branschindex på Nasdaq First North. I studien konstaterar vi att RTO-bolagen inte presterar sämre än IPO-bolagen om man ser till branschindex. Vi ser dock genomgående att det är tydliga skillnader vad gäller företagens utveckling, men inte ur ett aktiekursperspektiv utan snarare till andra intressanta aspekter såsom uppköp, listbyten, konkurser samt avnoteringar.

[pt] Este estudo visa analisar o desempenho de empresas familiares brasileiras, que abriram capital entre os anos de 2007 e 2012 através da performance das ações a partir do ano de 2013 até 2017, já que o discurso sobre o desempenho dessas empresas é controverso devido aos problemas de profissionalização e governança corporativa, por exemplo. Com base em estudos realizados em outros países, foram testadas se empresas familiares brasileiras tem melhor desempenho no mercado de ações do Brasil (BOVESPA) do que empresas não familiares que também abriram capital no mesmo período. Foi usado o CAPM como método para estimar o retorno esperado e comparar com retorno real das ações de empresas familiares e não familiares. Os resultados indicam que dentre as empresas analisadas, as familiares obtiveram melhores resultados, mesmo não havendo diferença na relação risco e retorno apresentado por empresas de ambos os grupos. / [en] This study aims to analyze the performance of Brazilian family companies, which opened capital between 2007 and 2012 through the performance of actions from the year 2013 to 2017, since the discourse on the performance of these companies is controversial due to the problems of professionalization and corporate governance, for example. Based on studies conducted in other countries, it was tested whether Brazilian family companies perform better in the Brazilian stock market (BOVESPA) than non-family companies that also opened equity in the same period. CAPM was used as a method to estimate the expected return and to compare with the real return of the shares of family and non-family companies. The results indicate that among the companies analyzed, the family members obtained better results, even though there was no difference in the risk and return relationship presented by companies of both groups.

Studien avsåg studera Private Equity-ägda och icke Private Equity-ägda nynoteringars långsiktiga avkastning. Med hjälp av bakomliggande faktorer så som ägarstruktur, underprissättning, marknadsvärde, storlek på nynotering, ålder, bransch samt heta och kalla marknader, identifierades om det fanns skillnader och vad de i så fall kunde bero på. Vidare undersöktes om nynoteringarna var underprissatta och om underprissättningen i så fall skiljde sig mellan de två ägarstrukturerna. I denna studie tillämpades ett kvantitativt tillvägagångssätt med en deduktiv ansats för att analysera sekundärdatan som samlades in. Urvalet bestod av 43 bolag varav 25 var PE-ägda och 18 var icke PE-ägda. Sekundärdata samlades in från ett flertal olika källor däribland Nasdaq, Skatteverket, Zephyr och Finansinspektionen. PE-ägda nynoteringar presterade bättre än icke PE-ägda på lång sikt, både för Buy-and-hold abnormal return (BHAR) 1 och 3 år. Samtliga nynoteringar var i genomsnitt underprissatta där PE-ägda uppvisade en högre underprissättning. Utöver resultatet att samtliga nynoteringar i genomsnitt var underprissatta, vilket var signifikant på en 0,1 procentsnivå, var ingen av skillnaderna signifikant. Slutligen uppvisade underprissättning som enda variabel en signifikant positiv påverkan på både BHAR 1 och 3 år. För BHAR 1 år visade dessutom storleken på nynoteringen och en av de fyra åldersgrupperna tio-nitton, i jämförelse med referensgruppen, en positiv signifikant påverkan. / The aim of this study was to determine whether there were any differences in the long-run performance between Private-Equity-backed and non-Private-Equity-backed IPOs. Further, the authors chose a number of variables from previous studies in order to examine whether these could explain the long-run performance of IPOs on the Swedish stock market Stockholmsbörsen. Finally, the study examined whether the IPOs was underpriced and if it differed between the two ownership structures. In this study a quantitative method with a deductive approach was used in order to analyze the collected secondary data. The study's sample consisted of 43 companies, of which 25 were Private-Equity-backed and 18 were non-Private-Equity-backed. The secondary data were collected from a variety of sources such as Nasdaq, Skatteverket, Zephyr and Finansinspektionen. Private-Equity-backed IPOs performed better than non-Private-Equity-backed IPOs in the long-run, both for BHAR 1 and 3 years. Further, all the IPOs were on average underpriced, where Private-Equity-backed showed a higher underpricing. Aside from the fact that all the IPOs were underpriced, which was significant at a 0.1 percent level, none of the differences were significant. Finally, the only variable that showed a significant positive impact on both BHAR 1 and 3 years was underpricing. For BHAR 1 year the size of the IPO and one of the four age groups 10-19, in comparison with the reference group, also showed a positive significant impact.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-06-10T15:40:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 thaissalzerprocopio.pdf: 819205 bytes, checksum: 0d6d27ede0f335051be5a6bd2d2bd679 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-13T14:03:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 thaissalzerprocopio.pdf: 819205 bytes, checksum: 0d6d27ede0f335051be5a6bd2d2bd679 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-13T14:03:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 thaissalzerprocopio.pdf: 819205 bytes, checksum: 0d6d27ede0f335051be5a6bd2d2bd679 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-20 / A desigualdade salarial é um tema que assume papel relevante na busca pelo desenvolvimento dos países, sendo amplo o número de estudos acerca dos fatores geradores de tal desigualdade. Como determinantes mais comuns, aparecem as características dos indivíduos, das firmas e das regiões. A maior parte dos estudos encontrados na literatura acerca dos impactos de características dos empregadores nos diferenciais salariais entre trabalhadores, entretanto, focam em fatores físicos das firmas, como tamanho e setor. Há, em adição, outros fatores relacionados à estrutura financeira das empresas que também podem gerar efeitos salariais visto que a segurança financeira das firmas está diretamente relacionada ao bem estar de seus empregados. Visando compreender os efeitos da reestruturação financeira proporcionada pela abertura de capital das firmas nos salários dos trabalhadores, este estudo investigou (i) a existência de diferencial salarial decorrente da mobilidade de trabalhadores entre empresas de capital aberto e fechado e (ii) o impacto da mudança de status da firma de capital fechado para aberto (via IPO - Initial Public Offering) no diferencial de salários dos trabalhadores. Para tanto, utilizou-se um painel balanceado que interliga duas fontes de dados: Rais-Migra do MTE – Ministério de Trabalho e Emprego – e Economática, abrangendo os anos de 2002 a 2008.A estratégia metodológica utilizada no estudo envolveu a estimação dos diferenciais salariais com o controle da heterogeneidade nãoobservada via efeitos fixos dos trabalhadores. Foram realizados, ainda, testes de robustez para verificar a consistência dos resultados. Constatou-se que existe diferencial salarial entre trabalhadores favorável aos indivíduos que mudam de empresas de capital fechado para empresas de capital aberto. Este diferencial foi de cerca de 12% pelo método de MQO, mas, ao controlar os efeitos não observáveis dos indivíduos, o diferencial caiu para menos da metade(4%). Esta redução no diferencial de rendimentos atribuído à mudança entre firmas de capital fechado e aberto, decorrente do controle dos efeitos fixos, pode refletir uma maior habilidade não observada dos trabalhadores que mudam para empresas de capital aberto e que, pelo método de MQO, não era controlada. Além disso, verificou-se um efeito positivo de 2% gerado pela realização da abertura de capital nos salários dos trabalhadores, no ano da abertura. Isto mostra que, mesmo com a reestruturação financeira gerada pelo IPO (que, potencialmente, reduziria riscos pelo acesso a mais fontes de financiamento), o evento tem impacto positivo no salário de seus trabalhadores. Esse ganho salarial pode ser explicado pela reestruturação organizacional e de portfólio que a empresa precisará enfrenta ao abrir o capital. Esses resultados contribuem para o avanço no estudo da identificação dos determinantes dos diferenciais salariais, que é uma importante questão ainda em aberto na literatura econômica. / Wage inequality is a topic that assumes an important role in the quest for developing countries, with a large number of studies on the factors that generate social inequality. Characteristics of individuals, firms and regions are quoted as major determinants of such inequality. However, most studies found in the literature on the impacts of employers characteristics on wage differentials focus on physical factors of firms, such as size and sector. In addition, other factors that are related to the financial structure of firms may also generate wage effects since the financial security of firms is directly related to the welfare of its employees. To understand the effects of the financial restructuring provided by IPO firms on wage differentials, this study investigated the impact of IPO (Initial Public Offering) on workers wages. We also investigated the existence of differential income from labor mobility between public companies and non-public ones. For that, we used a balanced panel that connects two data sources: Rais Migra-MTE - Ministry of Labor and Employment - and Economática, covering the years 2002 to 2008.The strategy used in the study involved the estimation of wage differentials with the control of unobserved heterogeneity via fixed effects of workers. We used the methods of OLS, Random Effects, Fixed Effects and First Differences. Further tests were performed in order to verify the robustness and consistency of results. It was found that there is wage differential between workers in favor of individuals who change from non-public companies to publicly traded ones. This differential was about 13% by the method of OLS, but felt to less than half (6%) after controlling to unobservable effects of individuals. This reduction may reflect a greater ability of workers to move to public companies and that, by the method of OLS, was not controlled. In addition, there was a positive effect of 2% generated by the completion of the IPO in the wages of workers in the year of opening. This shows that even with the possible financial restructuring promoted by IPO (which, potentially, reduces risk by promoting access to other sources of capital), the event has a positive impact on the wages of their workers, which may be explained by organizational restructuring and portfolio that the company needs to undergo to go public. These results contribute to the advancement in the study of identifying the determinants of wage differentials, which is an important question still open in the economic literature.

Bakgrund: Ett SPAC-bolag är ett börsnoterat företag vars enda syfte är att genomföra ett förvärv. Genom förvärvet börsnoteras ett onoterat företag. Intresset för SPACs har ökat på den amerikanska marknaden och år 2020 stod SPAC-bolag för 55% av alla börsnoteringar i USA. Det svenska regelverket på marknaden för börsnoteringar har nyligen förändrats vilket möjliggör skapandet av SPAC-bolag. En viktig anledning till att genomföra studien är för att förstå om SPACs kan användas för att förenkla och förbättra arbetet med börsnoteringar i Sverige för såväl företag, som för finansiella rådgivare och försäkringsgivare. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att analysera hur den svenska marknaden för börsnoteringar kan komma att påverkas genom introduceringen av SPACs och analysera de hinder som kan försvåra etableringen. Studien ämnar även att analysera vad SPACs kan skapa för värde till den svenska marknaden för börsnoteringar. Metod: Studien har genomförts med en kvalitativ design. Vidare har en abduktiv ansats använts för att behandla empiri och teori tillsammans i analysen. Data har samlats in från sju stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter som har kunskap från den svenska marknaden för börsnoteringar. Slutsats: Den svenska marknaden är en välfungerande och stark marknad. Trots detta finns det vissa möjligheter för SPAC-bolag i Sverige. IPO:s måste anpassas utifrån IPO-fönster. SPAC-bolag är inte påverkade av detta i samma utsträckning och kan då utgöra en alternativ väg till börsen. Vidare kan företag dela med sig av mer information vid SPAC-förvärv vilket reducerar informationsasymmetri och agentproblematik. Det finns även skydd etablerade som minskar risken för investerare. SPACs kan således ha en värdeskapande funktion på den svenska marknaden. Trots dessa fördelar finns det även nackdelar som skulle kunna hämma etableringen av SPACs i Sverige. I Sverige finns redan alternativa marknader som kan utgöra det komplement som SPACs utgör på utländska marknader. Vidare finns argument för att SPACs involverar risk för investerare i form av asymmetrisk information, alternativkostnad och ett okänt förvärvsmål. / Background: A SPAC is a listed company with one purpose, to merge with another company. Through the merger, the other company gets listed on the stock exchange. SPACs have seen an increased interest in the USA and in the year 2020 listings of SPACs amounted to 55% of all IPOs in USA. Due to changed regulations, SPACs are now able to list on the Swedish stock exchange. This study is critical to conduct in order to understand if SPACs can be used to simplify and improve stock exchange listings in Sweden. And if the work surrounding IPOs for companies as well as financial advisors and underwriters would benefit from the introduction of SPACs on the Swedish IPO-market. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze how the Swedish IPO-market can be affected by the introduction of SPACs and to analyze potential hurdles regarding its establishment. The study also aims to analyze value-creating opportunities for SPACs on the Swedish IPO-market. Methodology: The study was conducted with a qualitative design. An abductive approach was used to apply theory and empirical data in the analysis. Data has been collected from six semi-structured interviews with respondents from investment banks in Sweden. Conclusion: The Swedish market is a well-functioning and strong market. Despite this there are some opportunities for SPACs in Sweden. Traditional IPO:s is affected by an IPOwindow which severely limits the ability to do IPO:s during certain periods. When the IPOwindow is closed, SPACs could be another way to the stock market. Companies can share more information when merging with a SPAC which reduces information asymmetry and agency problems. The structure of SPACs also include protection for investors. SPACs can thus have a value creating function on the Swedish market. There are also disadvantages that could be a hurdle for the establishment of SPACs in Sweden. Alternative supportive markets already exist in Sweden. Thus, SPACs may not be needed to the same degree as in foreign markets. SPACs also involve risks for investors in the form of information asymmetry, alternative costs and an unknown acquisition target.