Università della Svizzera italiana

Managerial behavior, asymmetric information and the flow of information around equity offerings

Martin, Jens ; Degeorge, François (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009 ; 2009ECO001.

The aim of this thesis project is to investigate the managerial behavior, the conflict of interest as well as the flow of information in the financial markets, in particular in the setting around equity offerings. An Initial Public Offering (IPO)s represents a fertile testing ground for these topics as this event constitutes a major structural change in the life of a company. At the time of...