Is the abnormal return following equity issuances anomalous?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-249

  Brav, Alon ^a   Geczy, Christopher ^b   Gompers, Paul A ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; G1; G2; Initial public offerings; Long run performance; Seasoned equity offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034179209     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(00)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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