Is the market optimistic about the future earnings of seasoned equity offering firms?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-168

  Brous, Peter A ^a   Datar, Vinay ^a   Kini, Omesh ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035593776     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676269     Document Type: Article

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