How issue size, risk, and complexity are influencing external financing costs: German IPOs analyzed from an economies of scale perspective

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 479-512

  Kaserer, Christoph ^a   Kraft, Marcus ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DIT Investment Trust   (Germany)

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EID: 33745809670     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5957.00005     Document Type: Article

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