Transaction costs are important for a host of empirical analysis from market efficiency to international market research. But transaction costs estimates are not always available; or where available, cumbersome to use and expensive to purchase. We present a model that requires only the time...

This paper proposes that in an initial public offering (IPO), pre-IPO owners make decisions regarding share retention, share lockup, and underpricing to improve liquidity, which in turn increases the value of shares they retain. We suggest that underpricing will increase the number of investors...

In this paper we show that George, Kaul and Nimalendran's (GKN) estimators of the adverse selection and order processing cost components of the bid-ask spread are biased due to intertemporal variations in the bid-ask spread. We provide new estimators that correct this bias and that are...

In this paper we show that George et al. (GKN, 1991) estimators of the adverse selection and order processing cost components of the bid-ask spread are biased due to intertemporal variations in the bid-ask spread. We use alternative estimators that correct this bias and that are applicable to...

This paper provides a critique of alternative organizational structures in the hedge fund industry. Our critique is facilitated by several stylized models describing alternative industry structures. The models include: (1) An insideonly hedge fund model; (2) A straddling hedge fund model; (3) A...