Risk, Reputation, and the Price Support of IPOs

Immediately following public offerings, underwriters often repurchase shares of poorly performing IPOs in an apparent attempt to stabilize the price. Using proprietary Nasdaq data for a large sample of IPOs, I study the price effects and cross-sectional determinants of price support. Some of the key...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katharina, Lewellen
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5055