Is the market surprised by poor earnings realizations following seasoned equity offerings?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-193

  Denis, David J ^c   Sarin, Atulya ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0035588576     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676270     Document Type: Article

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