Shareholder wealth effects of rights issues: Evidence from the New Zealand capital market

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 419-442

  Marsden, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adverse selection costs; Equity issues; G12; G14; G15; G32; Rights issues; Underwriting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011018150     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0927-538x(00)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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