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Bids and Allocations in European IPO Bookbuilding

Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper uses evidence from a data set of 27 European IPOs to analyze how investors bid and the factors that influence their allocations. We also make use of a unique ranking of investor quality, associated with the likelihood of flipping the IPO. We find that investors perceived to be long‐term holders of the stock are consistently favored in allocation and in out‐turn profits. In contrast to Cornelli and Goldreich (2001) , we find little evidence that more informative bids receive larger allocations or higher profits. Our results cast doubt upon the extent of information production during the bookbuilding period.
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3123963380
FWCI: 23.7
Cites: 18
Cited by: 204
Related to: 10