Cash to Spend: IPO Wealth and House Prices

Forthcoming, Real Estate Economics

76 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2019 Last revised: 1 Aug 2022

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Barney Hartman-Glaser

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Mark Thibodeau

Florida International University (FIU) - Hollo School of Real Estate

Jiro Yoshida

Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business; The University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Economics

Date Written: July 18, 2022

Abstract

This study demonstrates the impact of initial public offerings (IPOs) on local house prices. Applying spatial difference-in-differences methods to IPOs in California from 1993 to 2017, we find house prices increase by 0.7% to 0.9% near an IPO firm’s headquarters around filing and issuing dates. Upon lock-up expiration, price changes depend on post-issuance returns. Treating the San Francisco Bay as a commuting barrier, we identify sustained price increases after filings and temporary increases after issuing and lock-up expiration. We also confirm post-IPO price divergence between the treatment and synthetic control areas. Our findings indicate the effect of liquid wealth under mild financial constraints.

Keywords: Initial Public Offerings, Financial Constraints, Executive Compensation, Liquidity, Spatial Difference-In-Differences, Synthetic Control Methods

JEL Classification: L26, M12, J33, R21

Suggested Citation

Hartman-Glaser, Barney and Thibodeau, Mark and Yoshida, Jiro, Cash to Spend: IPO Wealth and House Prices (July 18, 2022). Forthcoming, Real Estate Economics, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3329651 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3329651

Barney Hartman-Glaser

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management ( email )

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Mark Thibodeau

Florida International University (FIU) - Hollo School of Real Estate ( email )

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Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business ( email )

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