Going public and the ownership structure of the firm

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-109

  Mello, Antonio S ^a,b   Parsons, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

G32; Heterogeneous investors; Ownership structure; Sale of shares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002721187     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(98)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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