An empirical examination of IPO underpricing in the Chinese A-share market

China Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-382

  YU, Ting ^a   TSE, Y K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ex ante uncertainty; Initial public offering; Signaling; Winner's curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750931947     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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