American Economic Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
The Berlin Stock Exchange in Imperial Germany: A Market for New Technology?
American Economic Review
vol. 106,
no. 11, November 2016
(pp. 3558–76)
Abstract
Analyzing 474 cases of firms going public in the German capital between 1892 and 1913, we show that innovative firms could rely on the Berlin stock market as a source of financing. Our data also reveal that initial public offerings (IPO) of innovative firms were characterized by particularly low underpricing, comparatively high first trading prices, and no long-run underperformance. We interpret these empirical results as evidence for the surprising fact that in the period of the Second Industrial Revolution the Berlin stock exchange was already a well-functioning market for new technology.Citation
Lehmann-Hasemeyer, Sibylle, and Jochen Streb. 2016. "The Berlin Stock Exchange in Imperial Germany: A Market for New Technology?" American Economic Review, 106 (11): 3558–76. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20150626Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- G14 Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
- G24 Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage; Ratings and Ratings Agencies
- G32 Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
- N23 Economic History: Financial Markets and Institutions: Europe: Pre-1913