Why do companies go public? An empirical analysis

Journal of Finance

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-64

  Pagano, Marco ^a   Panetta, Fabio ^a   Zingales, Luigi ^a  

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EID: 0009895248     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.25448     Document Type: Article

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