Stock auction bidding behavior and information asymmetries: An empirical analysis using the discriminatory auction model framework

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 867-889

  Chen, An Sing ^a   Liaw, Gwohorng ^a   Leung, Mark T ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction theory; Bidding behavior; Initial public offerings; Price discriminating auctions; Stock auction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037404890     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(02)00254-6     Document Type: Article

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