IPO initial returns reached astronomical levels during 1999-2000. We show that the regime shift in initial returns and other elements of pricing behavior can be at least partially accounted for by a variety of marked changes in pre-IPO ownership structure and insider selling behavior over...

We estimate the structural links between IPO allocations, pre-market information production, and initial underpricing and find that allocation policies favor institutional investors, both in the U.S. and worldwide increasing institutional allocations results in offer prices that deviate more...

We investigate directly whether analyst behavior influenced the likelihood of banks winning underwriting mandates for a sample of 16,625 U.S. debt and equity offerings sold between December 1993 and June 2002. We control for the strength of the issuer s investment-banking relationships with...

We estimate the structural links between IPO allocations, pre-market information production, and initial underpricing returns, within the context of theories of book building. Using a sample of both U.S. and international IPOs we find evidence of the following:middot; IPO allocation policies...

We investigate directly whether analyst behavior influenced the likelihood of banks winning underwriting mandates for a sample of 16,625 U.S. debt and equity offerings sold between December 1993 and June 2002. We control for the strength of the issuer s investment-banking relationships with...

We investigate directly whether analyst behavior influenced the likelihood of banks winning underwriting mandates for a sample of 16,456 U.S. debt and equity offerings sold between December 1993 and June 2002. We control for the strength of the issuer s investment-banking relationships with...

We derive a behavioral measure of the IPO decision-maker s satisfaction with the underwriter s performance based on Loughran and Ritter s (2002) application of prospect theory to IPO underpricing. We assess the plausibility of this measure by studying its power to explain the decision-maker s...

We investigate why banks pressured research analysts to provide aggressive assessments ofissuing firms during the 1990s. This competitive strategy did little to directly increase a bank s chances of winning lead-management mandates and ultimately led to regulatory penalties and costly structural...

We examine the costs and benefits of the global integration of primary equity markets associated with the parallel diffusion of U.S. underwriting methods. We analyze both direct and indirect costs (associated with underpricing) using a unique dataset of 2,132 IPOs by non-U.S. issuers from 65...

We derive a behavioral measure of the IPO decision-maker s satisfaction with the underwriter s performance based on Loughran and Ritter s (2002) application of prospect theory to IPO underpricing. We assess the plausibility of this measure by studying its power to explain the decision-maker s...