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Nepotism in IPOs: consequences for issuers and investors

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  • Francois Degeorge

    (University of Lugano - Faculty of Economics; Swiss Finance Institute; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI))

  • Giuseppe Pratobevera

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

Abstract

Potential conflicts of interest arise when IPO underwriters allocate IPO shares to their affiliated funds. We hypothesize that such nepotism incentives affect IPO pricing. Using a novel hand-collected dataset, we find support for this hypothesis in a regression discontinuity design (RDD): a one percentage point increase in affiliated allocations increases underpricing by 5.4 percentage points. Our evidence suggests that nepotism has real monetary costs for IPO issuers. We also use our dataset to revisit a milder version of nepotism analyzed in prior studies, and we find much clearer support for it than prior work: we find a strong positive association between IPO underpricing and affiliated allocations, which strengthens when nepotism incentives are stronger.

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  • Francois Degeorge & Giuseppe Pratobevera, 2020. "Nepotism in IPOs: consequences for issuers and investors," Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series 20-68, Swiss Finance Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:chf:rpseri:rp2068
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    Cited by:

    1. Pratobevera, Giuseppe, 2024. "Bank-affiliated institutional investors and IPO syndicates formation," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    2. Giorgio Albareto & Andrea Cardillo & Andrea Hamaui & Giuseppe Marinelli, 2020. "Mutual funds' performance: the role of distribution networks and bank affiliation," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) 1272, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.

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    Keywords

    Underpricing; IPOs; Affiliated funds; Conflicts of interest; RDD;
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    JEL classification:

    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • G39 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Other

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