Short-run underpricing and its characteristics in Chinese initial public offering (IPO) markets

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-93

  Chi, Jing ^a   Padgett, Carol ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Initial public offerings; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 14244268316     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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