Structuring the IPO: Empirical evidence on the portions of primary and secondary shares

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 296-320

  Huyghebaert, Nancy ^a   Van Hulle, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

IPO; Liquidity; Motives for going public; Primary and secondary shares; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144439473     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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