The pricing of underwriting services in the Australian capital market

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 347-373

  How, Janice C Y ^a   Yeo, Julian J L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian IPOs; G12; Underwriting fee

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001444826     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(00)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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