The investment and operating performance of Japanese initial public offerings

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-417

  Cai, Jun ^a   Wei, K C John ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Japanese initial public offerings; Long run performance; Operating measures; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031231866     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(97)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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