Share issue privatizations as financial means to political and economic ends

被引:183
作者
Jones, SL
Megginson, WL
Nash, RC
Netter, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Georgia, Terry Coll Business, Athens, GA 30602 USA
[2] Wake Forest Univ, Babcock Grad Sch Management, Winston Salem, NC 27109 USA
[3] Univ Oklahoma, Price Coll Business, Norman, OK 73109 USA
[4] Indiana Univ, Kelley Sch Business, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
关键词
privatization; IPO underpricing;
D O I
10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00021-5
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
This study examines how political and economic factors affect the offer price, share allocation, and other terms governments choose when they privatize state-owned enterprises via a public share offering. Using a 59 country sample of 630 share issue privatizations (SIPs) with total proceeds of over $446 billion during the period 1977-1997, we find that governments consistently underprice SIP offers, tilt their share allocation patterns to favour domestic investors, impose control restrictions on privatized firms, and typically use fixed-price offers rather than book building or competitive tender offers, all to further political and economic policy objectives. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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页码:217 / 253
页数:37
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