Grandstanding, certification and the underpricing of venture capital backed IPOs

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 375-407

  Lee, Peggy M ^a   Wahal, Sunil ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IPOs; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242758176     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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