Seasoned public offerings: Resolution of the `new issues puzzle'

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 251-291

  Eckbo, B Espen ^a   Masulis, Ronald W ^b   Norli, Øyvind ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equity issuer; Factor risk; G12; G14; G32; Long run performance; New issues puzzle; Seasoned public offerings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034179271     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(00)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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