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Do SOX Compliance Costs Affect IPO's??

By emh524, published Apr 25, 2007
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Table of Contents.. 2

Executive Summary.. 3

Motivation.. 4

Literature Review 1. 4

"Reducing Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Costs" - Thomas Basilo.. 4

"Up's and Down's of Audit Fees since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act" - Jack Ciesielski 5

"Small Firms Face Big Bills to Come Clean" - Lisa Fickenscher. 6

"Selling to Escape Compliance Costs"- Mary Calegari and Howard Turetsky.. 7

"Restatements Up, But Sarbox Work" - Stephen Taub. 7

"China becomes world's 2 biggest IPO destination". 8

Hypothesis.. 9

Data Sources.. 9

Dependent Variable. 10

Independent Variables. 11

1. Sarbanes-Oxley Act 11

2. Gross Domestic Product 12

3. Exchange Rate Purchasing Power Parity. 12

4. Gross Income from Investment 13

Literature Review 2. 14

"SarBull!!! The Truth Behind the IPO Imbalance; Those U.S. vs. Overseas Stats are More SarbOx Spin Than Substance" - Andrew Osterland.. 15

"Blaming SOX for Slump in IPOs Seen as Bum Rap; Law Advocates Claim U.S. Market Has Been Hurt by Globalization" - Andrew Osterland.. 16

"Globalization Gone Awry?". 16

"Adios, IPOs". 17

Data Analysis.. 18

Conclusion.. 19

Appendix A - Analysis of Covariance - Total Number of IPO's.. 21

Appendix B - Analysis of Covariance - Number of IPO's Foreign Companies.. 22

Bibliography.. 23

Executive Summary

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