Post-IPO directors' sales and reissuing activity: An empirical test of IPO signalling models

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1037-1079

  Espenlaub, Susanne ^a   Tonks, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010317877     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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