Income smoothing and underperformance in initial public offerings

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-29

  Chaney, Paul K ^a   Lewis, Craig M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D82; Earnings management; G32; Income smoothing; Initial public offerings; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038283148     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(97)00007-2     Document Type: Article

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