The timing of initial public offerings

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-132

  Benninga, Simon ^a,b   Helmantel, Mark ^c   Sarig, Oded ^b,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA   (Israel)

Author keywords

IPO; Privatization; Timing; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 11044232775     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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