Performance of Malaysian IPOs: Underwriters reputation and management earnings forecasts

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 457-486

  Jelic, Ranko ^a   Saadouni, Brahim ^b   Briston, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial performance; G14; G24; G32; Initial public offerings; Management earnings forecasts; Underwriters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011040243     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(01)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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