Earnings management and the long-run market performance of initial public offerings

Journal of Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1935-1974

  Teoh, Siew Hong ^a   Welch, Ivo ^b   Wong, T J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0000370948     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00079     Document Type: Article

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