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05Oct

IPO Underpricing & Behavioral Theories

In a law journal note titled “The Seller’s Curse and the Underwriter’s Pricing Pivot:  A Behavioral Theory of IPO Pricing,” author Patrick Corrigan considers various theories advanced to explain IPO underpricing.  Given that so many venture and private equity investors are finding alternatives to the traditional IPO model, whether through direct listings or SPACs, and pointing to IPO underpricing as one of the ways in which the traditional IPO model is “broken,” new academic theories are well...
By: Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives
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