IPO allocations: Discriminatory or discretionary?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-201

  Ljungqvist, Alexander P ^a,b   Wilhelm Jr , William J ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation policy; Bookbuilding; Initial public offerings; Intermediation; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036697828     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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