The seasoned-equity issues of UK firms: Market reaction and issuance method choice

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 45-78

  Barnes, Edel ^a   Walker, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity issuance; Flotation method; Information; Market reaction; Ownership; Placings; Rights issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645129421     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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