@article{oai:barrel.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002713, author = {Kojima, Naoki}, issue = {3}, journal = {Annals of finance}, month = {Jul}, note = {The underwriter of an IPO has two sources of compensation for its services on behalf of the issuer. One is through a commission (spread), the other is by buying issued shares for itself (or its affiliates) and reselling them in the post-issue market. Profits from the former decrease along with the magnitude of underpricing while profits from the latter increase with it. Faced with these countervailing interests, the present paper analyzes how the underwriter decides upon the pricing and allocation of IPOs.}, pages = {369--387}, title = {IPO share allocation and conflicts of interest}, volume = {3}, year = {2007} }