Ownership structure and IPO underpricing

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 102-126

  Hill, Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IPO; Monitoring; Ownership structure; Share allocation; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645111930     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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