The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-Nasdaq Evidence

Journal of Finance

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1355-1392

  Gompers, Paul A ^a   Lerner, Josh ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0142157067     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6261.00570     Document Type: Review

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