The underpricing of initial public offerings is a well-documented fact of empirical equity market research. Theories explain this underpricing with market imperfections. We study three empirically relevant IPO mechanisms under almost perfect market conditions in the laboratory: a stylized book...

Using data from Indian IPOs issued in a mechanism which is far more transparent than the bookbuilding in the US and in most other markets, the paper examines retail investors' participation, their influence on IPO pricing and the returns they make on IPO investment. The transparency in the...