Good IPOs draw in bad: Inelastic banking capacity and hot markets.

We posit that screening IPOs requires specialized labor which, in the short run, is in xed supply. Hence, a sudden increase in demand for IPO nancing increases the compensation of IPO screening labor. Increased compensation results in reduced screening which encourages sub-marginal rms to enter the...

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Main Authors: Khanna, N, Noe, T, Sonti, R
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Oxford Finance 2008