The Reasons And Consequences of IPO Withdrawals in Turkey

Abstract

Firms go to public with several incentives and objectives however they withdraw public offerings with different reasons. In 1991-2013, the reasons of delisting volunteer withdrawals are investigated in 40 firms in Borsa Istanbul stock exchange. Our findings are; (a) firms mostly withdraw in economic crisis periods (b) the probability of resubmission is highly probable for firms with experience (c) successful underwriters encourage resubmissions. Moreover, there is a relationship between (d) withdrawal reasons and firm’s age, (e) withdrawals and selling procedure, (f) withdrawal reasons and public offerings methodology.