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Table 4 Regression results of testing the relationship between sponsor reputation and IPO initial return

From: Does reputation of sponsors matter in IPO? Evidence from Hong Kong

 Variable

Col. 1

Col. 2

Col. 3

Col. 4

Intercept

7.366 (0.270)

19.683 (0.758)

9.483 (0.351)

15.627 (0.597)

SponRepMar

−3.133 (−2.083)b

   

SponRepIss

 

−0.206 (−2.151)b

  

SponRepLic

  

−1.170 (−2.361)b

−1.225 (−2.387)b

UndRepMar

−0.101 (−0.080)

 

−0.995 (−0.992)

 

UndRepIss

 

−0.005 (−0.067)

 

−0.039 (−0.562)

HighTech

2.668 (0.510)

2.055 (0.391)

2.507 (0.480)

2.555 (0.489)

lnProceeds

−0.785 (−0.550)

−1.379 (−1.018)

−0.653 (−0.457)

−0.972 (−0.702)

GrossSpread

3.951 (2.149)b

3.762 (2.043)b

3.620 (1.968)b

3.594 (1.952)c

OfferRange

0.109 (0.704)

0.118 (0.763)

0.155 (1.001)

0.155 (0.996)

lnSales

−0.010 (−0.007)

−0.240 (−0.182)

−0.789 (−0.626)

−0.974 (−0.780)

lnAge

1.841 (0.988)

1.867 (1.000)

1.596 (0.856)

1.701 (0.911)

MarketReturn

0.420 (1.789)c

0.406 (1.718)c

0.350 (1.484)

0.343 (1.450)

Industry fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Observations

315

315

315

315

R2

0.150

0.149

0.154

0.152

Adj. R2

0.099

0.097

0.103

0.100

  1. Notes. The t-statistics are displayed in parenthesis where 1%, 5%, and 10% significance levels are highlighted with a, b, and c, respectively