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		| Gueorgui I.  Kolev | 
	
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		| ''Forecasting aggregate stock returns using the number of initial public offerings as a predictor'' | 
	
		| ( 2008, Vol. 7 No.13 ) | 
	
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		| Large number of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) reliably predicts subsequent low equally weighted aggregate stock returns and the return differential between small and big firms, both in-sample and out-of-sample. The forecasting patterns are consistent with a behavioral story featuring investor sentiment and limits to arbitrage. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Initial Public Offerings | 
	
		| JEL: G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Aug 31 2008 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Oct 14 2008 | 
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