The impact of Rule 144A debt offerings upon bond yields and underwriter fees

Financial Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 5-27

  Livingston, Miles ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a  

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EID: 0036946487     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3666172     Document Type: Review

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