The strategy of going public: How UK firms choose their listing contracts

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 79-101

  Goergen, Marc ^a   Khurshed, Arif ^b   Mudambi, Ram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; IPOs; Listing contracts; Placings; Public offers; Signalling; Sponsors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645117501     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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