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A Review of IPO Activity, Pricing and Allocations
Jay R. Ritter University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Ivo Welch Brown University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) February 2002 Yale ICF Working Paper No. 02-01 Abstract: We review the theory and evidence on IPO activity: why firms go public, why they reward first-day investors with considerable underpricing, and how IPOs perform in the long run. Our perspective on the literature is three-fold: First, we believe that many IPO phenomena are not stationary. Second, we believe research into share allocation issues is the most promising area of research in IPOs at the moment. Third, we argue that asymmetric information is not the primary driver of many IPO phenomena. Instead, we believe future progress in the literature will come from non-rational and agency conflict explanations. We describe some promising such alternatives.
Keywords: IPOs JEL Classifications: G24 Working Paper SeriesDate posted: January 09, 2002 ; Last revised: April 10, 2002Suggested CitationContact Information
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