Managing underpricing? the case of pre-IPO discretionary accruals in China

Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-262

  Kimbro, Marinilka Barras ^a  

^a University of Washington Tacoma   (United States)

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EID: 27844590830     PISSN: 09541314     EISSN: 1467646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-646X.2005.00118.x     Document Type: Review

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