auctions during the period 1992-99. Average underpricing amounts to .041% of face value. Theory suggests that underpricing may … behind bidder behavior and underpricing is the volatility of bond returns. Since there is no evidence that bidders are risk …

auctions during the period 1992-99. Average underpricing amounts to .041% of face value. Theory suggests that underpricing may … behind bidder behavior and underpricing is the volatility of bond returns. Since there is no evidence that bidders are risk …

auctions during the period 1992-99. Average underpricing amounts to 0.041% of face value. Theory suggests that underpricing may … behind bidder behaviour and underpricing is the volatility of bond returns. Since there is no evidence that bidders are risk …

underpricing. We make a realistic modification to the theory by allowing discrete prices, quantities and bids. We show that … underpricing can be made arbitrarily small by choosing a sufficiently small price tick size and a sufficiently large quantity …

part of a repeated game between the Treasury and the primary dealers. Bidder behavior and underpricing are affected by the …

examine the effect of increased competition on auction performance: We find that increased competition reduced bidder surplus … aggressive bidding. Counterfactuals establish that as competition increases, concerns regarding auction format play a smaller …