Underpricing, ownership and control in initial public offerings of equity securities in the uk

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 391-413

  Brennan, M J ^a   Franks, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentrated ownership; Dispersed ownership; Initial public offering; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031232456     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(97)00022-6     Document Type: Article

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