Blar i Discussion papers (FOR) på forfatter "Leite, Tore"
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Adverse selection, public information, and underpricing in new issues
Leite, Tore (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-02)This paper examines the role of adverse selection in the pricing of new issues when all investors may be privately informed about the firm, and in which public information is observed prior the issue date. The precision ... -
A control theory of financial structure : outside equity control and the priority and maturity structure of debt
Leite, Tore (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-12)Firms' financial structures typically consist of debt claims of different priority and maturity, and outside equity with control rights. The present paper develops a simple control theory of financial structure in which ... -
Overpricing (and underpricing) in IPOs : a model of excess initial returns
Leite, Tore (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-12)This paper develops a model in which new issues, in equilibrium, may be overpriced or underpriced, depending on parameter values. The ability of an investor to withdraw from the offering upon observing unfavorable information ... -
Public information and IPO underpricing
Bakke, Einar; Leite, Tore; Thorburn, Karin S. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-08)We analyze the effect of public information on rational investors' incentives to reveal private information during the bookbuilding process and their demand for allocations in the IPO. Our model generates several new ... -
Strategic defaults and priority violations under costly state verification
Hvide, Hans K.; Leite, Tore (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-06)We reformulate the classic CSV model of financial contracting from Townsend (1979) and Gale & Hellwig (1985) to tackle criticisms raised against it, such as lack of subgame-perfectness at the repayment stage and its inability ...