Explaining the diversity in shareholder lockup agreements

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-280

  Goergen, Marc ^a   Renneboog, Luc ^b   Khurshed, Arif ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Asymmetric information; Initial public offerings; Lockup agreements; Underpricing; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644802631     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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