Commercial banks as underwriters: Implications for the going public process

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-163

  Puri, Manju ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Commercial banks; G21; G24; Glass Steagall; N22; Security pricing; Underwriters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001609305     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(99)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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