关于IPO allocation的研究是最近几年IPO领域的一个前沿，这三篇文章分别运用了欧洲两个顶尖投行的内部数据，对用于解释IPO underpricing的bookbuilding theory(dynamic information acquisition)进行了开辟性的实证研究。

Cornelli, F., and D. Goldreich, 2001, Bookbuilding and Strategic Allocation

Cornelli, F., and D. Goldreich, 2003, Bookbuilding: How Informative is the Order Book?
Jenkinson, T.J., and H. Jones, 2004, Bids and Allocations in European IPO Bookbuilding