Effect of Lockup Agreements on Buyout Backed Initial Public Offerings

Using a sample of 279 buyout backed firms, I examined the effect of lockup agreements on the firm’s stock returns. I found there to be a negative .8 percent cumulative abnormal return for the three-day period surrounding lockup expiration. Consistent with my hypothesis the CAR for the three-day peri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heffernan, Grant B
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2011
Subjects:
IPO
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/183
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1120&context=cmc_theses