Handbook of Corporate Finance Empirical Corporate Finance Volume 1

532 Subject Index

underwriter competition, 268, 269, 282, 283,
286, 291, 356, 358
underwriter prestige,see underwriter reputa-
tion
underwriter rank, 269, 273, 275, 280, 281, 288
underwriter reputation, 388, 389, 400, 401,
404, 413, 414, 416
underwriter spreads, 261, 266–270, 274, 279–
283, 285, 286, 292
underwriters, 65, 67, 190, 192, 207, 209, 388–
391, 393, 395, 396, 405, 406, 413, 416
underwriter’s allocation discretion, 390
underwriter’s performance, 416, 417
underwriting,see alsobookbuilding, 65, 70,
237, 238, 243–247, 262, 263, 266–269,
271, 274, 284, 285, 287, 290, 296–298,
305, 307, 321, 358, 388–391, 393–400,
405, 406, 413, 416–418
underwriting fees, 246, 265, 267, 269, 281,
283, 284, 286, 288, 293, 385, 394, 397,
398, 403, 405, 417
underwriting spreads, 265–269, 293, 358
underwriting syndicate, 65
uninsured rights, 263, 265, 298, 300, 305–310,
312–314, 316, 318–320, 324–326, 329,
333

unit offerings, 237, 251, 253, 255, 296, 340

universal shelf issues, 244, 250, 286

unobservability, 58

unobservables, 56, 71

valuation of conglomerate firms, 429

venture capital, 80

venture capital backing, 275, 281, 295

voting power, 294

warrants, 69, 238, 244, 251, 253, 255, 262, 263,

287–289, 293, 294, 296, 300, 317, 323

warrants issuance, 293

wealth transfer, 237, 289, 305, 312, 326, 328,

332, 333

well-known seasoned issuers (WKSI), 241,

246, 356, 357

winner’s curse, 90, 104, 111, 112, 119, 122,

123, 125, 379, 384–389, 391, 398, 406

yield curve, 162

zero-investment portfolio, 352, 353