The effect of accountant reputation on initial public offerings in Malaysia

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Teh, Boon Heng and Ong, Tze San (2010) The effect of accountant reputation on initial public offerings in Malaysia. In: Managing and Competing in The New World Economic Order, 30 May-2 June 2010, Indonesia. .

Abstract

This paper assesses the characteristics and the influence of accountants’ reputations on the underpricing of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) stocks listed in the Main Board and Second Board of the Malaysia Stock Market. The sample data comprises of the first day price and the issue price of IPOs stocks selected from the financial year of 2005, 2006 and 2008. Results showed that there is a significant positive first day return, indicating a certain degree of underpricing in the IPOs stocks. However, there are no significant differences for returns, risks and coefficient of variation among the two groups of IPOs stocks audited respectively by the Big Four and non Big Four accounting firms. That is, IPOs stocks performance in terms of initial first day returns are not influenced by the factor accountants’ reputations.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions:	Faculty of Economics and Management
Keywords:	Initial public offerings; IPO; Accountant reputation; Malaysia
Depositing User:	Erni Suraya Abdul Aziz
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2012 01:16
Last Modified:	17 Jul 2020 02:53
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18481
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