summaries

    Students are responsible for reading and writing up a short summary for each paper.
    For empirical research papers, your write-up needs to summarize: 1) All the theories covered in the literature review; 2) The theory(s) this paper examines; 3) Data and Methods of this study; 4) Evidence and conclusions provided by the author(s); 5) Are you convinced by the author(s)’ arguments and conclusions. 6) Are there any limits and errors (logically or technically, or both) in this research paper; and 7) Can you think of any other research questions from reading this paper?

    For theoretical and survey papers, your write-up needs to summarize: 1) Main points and highlights of this paper; 2) Motivation; 3) Implications; 4) Weaknesses; 5) Your overall comment on this research; 6) Future Research Ideas.

    If you need to quote exact sentences from the paper, please use quotation marks.

    the links for the papers are below:

    1. “Considering an IPO? The costs of going and being public may surprise you”, 2012,
    http://www.pwc.com/en_us/us/transaction-services/publications/assets/pwc-cost-of-ipo.pdf

    2. Pagano, M., F. Panetta, and L. Zingales, 1998, “Why Do Companies Go Public? An Empirical Analysis” Journal of Finance.
    http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/luigi.zingales/papers/research/comppub.pdf

    3. Jay R. Ritter and Ivo Welch ,2002, “A Review of IPO Activity, Pricing, and Allocations”, THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE, VOL. LVII, NO. 4, AUGUST 2002
    http://bear.warrington.ufl.edu/ritter/publ_papers/ritterwelch.pdf

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