The right-of-first-refusal (ROFR) granted by the seller to a buyer that allows the favored buyer to purchase the asset at the highest price the seller can obtain from other competing buyers is common in auctions and other economic transactions. Yet the predictions of the theory on the impact of...

Is there quid pro quo in auctioned IPOs - an alternative to bookbuilding in U.S. and elsewhere? Using proprietary data on uniform-pricing IPO auctions from China, we show when the share allocation rule shifted from pro rata to lottery draw (that makes quid pro quo valuable to a bidder), fund...

There is quid pro quo in auctioned IPOs. Using proprietary data on uniform-pricing IPO auctions, we show when the share allocation rule shifted from pro rata to lottery draw, fund families having pre-shift stronger brokerage commission ties with the underwriter submit bids later, place more...