The Deregulation of the Private Equity Markets and the Decline in IPOs

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ewens, Michael; Farre-Mensa, Joan
• 署名单位: California Institute of Technology; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0893-9454
• DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhaa053
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 5463
• 关键词: venture; INVESTMENT; DECISION; IMPACT

摘要

The deregulation of securities laws-in particular the National Securities Markets Improvement Act (NSMIA) of 1996-has increased the supply of private capital to late-stage private startups, which are now able to grow to a size that few private firms used to reach. NSMIA is one of a number of factors that have changed the going-public versus staying-private trade-off, helping bring about a new equilibrium where fewer startups go public, and those that do are older. This new equilibrium does not reflect an initial public offering (IPO) market failure. Rather, founders are using their increased bargaining power vis-a-vis investors to stay private longer.