Explaining the short- and long-term IPO anomalies in the US by R&D

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 550-579

  Guo, Re Jin ^a   Lev, Baruch ^b   Shi, Charles ^c,d  

^a University of Illonois   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; Investor optimism; IPO's performance; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646893897     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00610.x     Document Type: Review

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