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Why Are European IPOs So Rarely Priced Outside the Indicative Price Range?

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Unlike in the U.S., the initial price range for European IPOs is seldom revised, although issues are often priced at the upper bound. We develop a model that explains this seemingly inefficient pricing behavior. As in Europe, but not in the U.S., underwriters in the model obtain information from investors before establishing the indicative price range. A commitment to stay within the range is necessary to extract private information from investors. Ours is therefore the first treatment in whi...

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10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.05.001

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Journal of Financial Economics Journal website
Volume:
80
Issue:
1
Pages:
185 - 209
Publication date:
2006-01-01
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0304-405X
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English
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oai:economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk:10981
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2011-08-16

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