Who trades IPOs? A close look at the first days of trading

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-363

  Ellis, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial public offerings; Nasdaq; Trading volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744478707     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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