Accounting Conservatism and Stock Underpricing In High Information Asymmetry Setting

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the relationship between accounting conservatism and stock underpricing In High Information Asymmetry Setting. This project is descriptive-correlational and the statistical population under study is listed companies on Tehran Stock Exchange during 2002-2016, among which 69 companies were selected with the initial offering and 43 companies were chosen with the secondary offering. Eight hypotheses were designed for the purpose of this study, all of which were examined by ordinary least squares regression method and SPSS and Eviews Software. The results of the study show that there is no significant relationship between conservatism and underpricing in the initial and secondary stock offering. Other results also suggest that there is a positive relationship between conservatism and underpricing in initial and secondary offering in information asymmetry setting. Since no similar study conducted in Iran, so far, this paper can contribute significantly to the field.