Chiang, Yao-Min; He, Jingbin; Liu, Bo; Zou, Hong - 2022
There is quid pro quo in auctioned IPOs. Using proprietary data on uniform-pricing IPO auctions, we show when the share … are more likely to receive share allocation than fund families that have weaker commission ties with the underwriter … before the regime change. The evidence supports quid pro quo in IPO auctions facilitated by the underwriter’s leakage of …