Share issue privatizations as financial means to political and economic ends

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-253

  Jones, Steven L ^a   Megginson, William L ^b   Nash, Robert C ^c   Netter, Jeffry M ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

G32; G38; IPO underpricing; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000746374     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(99)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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