Review of Finance Vol. 12 No. 4 2008
The Optimality of Uniform Pricing in IPOs: An Optimal Auction Approach
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Abstract
This paper uses an optimal auction approach to investigate the conditions under which uniform pricing in IPOs is optimal. We show that the optimality of a uniform price in IPOs depends crucially on whether the (optimal) allocation rule is restricted. These restrictions may stem from the retail investors' budget constraint and/or from the institutional investors' preferences. We show that the main determinant of the optimality of a uniform pricing rule is the existence and the shape of the retail investors' budget constraint. In contrast, institutional investors' preferences are shown to mainly affect the optimal allocation rule.
- DOI
- 10.1093/rof/rfn006
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 673-700
- Language
- en
- Sources
- bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref