The long-run performance of initial public offerings: comparison between shari’ah and non shari’ah-based firms

The long-run performance of initial public offerings:

comparison between shari’ah and non shari’ah-based firms 

Abstract

This paper empirically investigates the difference of the performance between shariah-based and non shariah-based firms that listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) during the period July 2001 to December 2005. The results show that, when using equally-weighted cumulative abnormal return (EW-CAR) and equally-weighted buy-and-hold abnormal return (EW-BHAR), the long-run performance of IPOs return between shariah and non shariah firms are significantly different. However, the significance disappears when the returns are calculated with value-weighted cumulative abnormal return (VW-CAR) and value-weighted buy-and-hold abnormal return (VW-BHAR). Further, the results show  that shariah-based firms outperform the market in almost every month for two years, except month 7 and 10 when using VW-CAR. However, non shariah-based firms underperform in almost each month.

Key words: long-run performance, IPO, shari’ah, equally-weighted, value-weighted.

JEL Classification: G1.

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