Exit timing of venture capitalists in the course of an initial public offering

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-277

  Neus, Werner ^a   Walz, Uwe ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CFS   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exit decisions; IPO; Underpricing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144418624     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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