I propose a model of IPO discounts with an issuer facing a variety of costs and benefits from an IPO that are proportional to issuer market capitalization in an oligopolistic IPO market as a lens to focus on the relationship between IPO underpricing and fraction of the firm sold during the IPO....

Using a novel dataset that tracks daily changes in hedge fund fee structure, we examine the determinants and consequences of changes in the three components of the fee structure, namely the management fee, incentive fee, and the high-water mark provision. We find that funds respond symmetrically...

We examine the determinants and consequences of changes in hedge fund fee structures. We show that fee changes are asymmetric with much greater incidence of fee increases compared to fee decreases. We find that managers of younger and smaller funds are more likely to increase fees after good...