Strategic IPO underpricing, information momentum, and lockup expiration selling

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-137

  Aggarwal, Rajesh K ^a   Krigman, Laurie ^b   Womack, Kent L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information; IPOs; Strategic behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036789576     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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