Searching for Google's value: Using prediction markets to forecast market capitalization prior to an initial public offering

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-361

  Berg, Joyce E ^a   Neumann, George R ^a   Rietz, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Initial public offering; Prediction markets; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING; INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; MARKET CAPITALIZATION; PREDICTION MARKETS; SIMILAR DEGREE; UNDERPRICING;

FORECASTING; INTERNET;

COMMERCE;

EID: 67649984475     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0956     Document Type: Article

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