What determines the level of IPO gross spreads? Underwriter profits and the cost of going public

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-109

  Bartling, Björn ^a   Park, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gross spread; Initial public offering; Underpricing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849101447     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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