Restricted Stock Studies
Empirical studies measuring the discount at which registered-but-restricted public stock trades versus the freely-tradable version of the same stock. Pre-1990 studies (Maher 1976, Moroney 1973, Trout 1977) averaged around 35% discounts; post-1990 / Rule 144 holding-period reductions (Hertzel-Smith 1993, Aschwald 2000) reduced averages to 20-25%. The SEC's 2008 reduction of the Rule 144 holding period from one year to six months further narrowed the discount, providing a natural experiment showing that holding period IS the load-bearing driver of marketability discount.
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