Why do IPO issuers grant overallotment options to underwriters?

Yawen Jiao, Kenji Kutsuna and Richard Smith

Journal of Corporate Finance, 2017, vol. 44, issue C, 34-47

Abstract: In contrast to prior studies suggesting that overallotment option (OAO) provisions reflect underwriters' exploitation of IPO firms, we provide evidence that issuers benefit in several ways. We estimate that OAO provisions lead to lower total issue cost, less negative post-IPO performance, lower post-IPO volatility, and larger IPOs. OAO provisions are more likely for large firms undertaking relatively large IPOs, especially where a large portion of the shares are offered by selling shareholders. Our evidence also indicates that managers and other insiders may benefit if their shareholdings would be locked up unless the OAO call option feature was exercised.

Keywords: Overallotment options; Initial public offering; IPO pricing; Underpricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 G24 G32 L14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.02.011

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