Agglomeration Effects in Initial Public Offerings

58 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2023 Last revised: 1 May 2024

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Shahram Amini

University of Denver

Andrew MacKinlay

Virginia Tech

Johan Sulaeman

National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER)

Chishen Wei

Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance

Date Written: October 07, 2024

Abstract

We show that the decision to go public is influenced by the spatial variation in the supply of equity financing. We measure the amount of capital of equity investors in each U.S. region and document that the incidence of initial public offerings (IPOs) by intangible-intensive resident firms increases significantly when regional equity capital is abundant. Using a novel empirical strategy and hand-collected data on out-of-state pension flows, we confirm that our findings are not due to underlying regional factors. Overall, our evidence is consistent with Holmstrom and Tirole's (1997) prediction that monitoring capital unlocks financing opportunities for intangible-intensive firms.

Keywords: IPOs, Agglomeration, Intangible Assets

JEL Classification: G20, G23, G14

Suggested Citation

Amini, Shahram and MacKinlay, Andrew and Sulaeman, Johan and Wei, Chishen, Agglomeration Effects in Initial Public Offerings (October 07, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4429747 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4429747

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Chishen Wei

Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance ( email )

Hung Hom
Kowloon
Hong Kong

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