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Why Don’t U.S. Issuers Demand European Fees for IPOs?

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We compare fees charged by investment banks for conducting IPOs in the United States and Europe. In recent years, the "7% solution," as documented by Chen and Ritter (2000), has become even more prevalent in the United States, and is now the norm for IPOs raising up to 250 million dollars. The same banks dominate both markets, but European IPO fees are roughly three percentage points lower, are much more variable, and have been falling. We review explanations for the gap in spreads and find t...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01699.x

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University of Oxford
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SSD
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Said Business School
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University of Oxford
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Wiley Publisher's website
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Journal of Finance Journal website
Volume:
66
Issue:
6
Pages:
2055–2082
Publication date:
2011-01-01
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1540-6261
ISSN:
0022-1082
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uuid:133d4a6f-f917-40bd-8c2d-46ee77f70863
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oai:eureka.sbs.ox.ac.uk:1369
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2012-01-04

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