Date of Award

5-2026

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Ingram, Marcus

Area of Concentration

Liberal Arts

Abstract

In recent years, initial public offerings have seen a decline in volume that historically should not have taken place. The economic conditions have indicated a strong initial public offerings market; however, this has not been seen. Research has shown that there has been a rise in alternatives to entering the public market and a lengthened timeline of companies remaining private. In this study, data on the volume of initial public offerings, P/E ratios, and private equity have been used in tandem with charts and a regression to analyze the potential diminishing of IPOs. Finance is forever evolving; what is known to be true is subject to change as time progresses, and IPOs are not protected from this evolution. While extensive research has been put into topics surrounding public markets, there has been a lack of questioning of whether the market conditions truly do have a direct effect on the volume of IPOs. I found, through this study, that the decline in IPOs can, in fact, not be explained by market conditions.

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