Issuer expenses and legal liability in initial public offerings

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 545-602

  Beatty, Randolph P ^b   Welch, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030529155     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/467359     Document Type: Article

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