Earnings management and the underperformance of seasoned equity offerings

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-99

  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)

Author keywords

Accounting accruals; Anomalies; Corporate finance; Earnings management; G14; G24; G32; M41; Market efficiency; Seasoned equity offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000545801     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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