Institutional affiliation and the role of venture capital: Evidence from initial public offerings in Japan

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 529-558

  Hamao, Yasushi ^a   Packer, Frank ^b   Ritter, Jay R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Nikko Salomon Smith Barney   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

G24; Initial public offerings; Japanese finance; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000975175     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0927-538x(00)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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