Concealing and confounding adverse signals: Insider wealth-maximizing behavior in the IPO process

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-172

  Ang, James S ^a   Brau, James C ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ipos; Offer term adjustments; Secondary shares; Signal jamming; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037213297     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(02)00234-9     Document Type: Article

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