Dramatic drop in US IPO activity can't be blamed on tougher regulations
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 13:31
in Earth & Climate
An extensive study of initial public offerings shows dramatic changes in the IPO landscape around the world over the past two decades, including a large decrease in the importance of IPOs in the United States while IPOs became more important in other countries. This drop in U.S. IPOs cannot be explained by stricter regulations enacted after the corporate and accounting scandals in the early part of the 2000s.