Prevention is better Than cure: The role of IPO syndicates in precluding information acquisition

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2911-2923

  Barzel, Yoram ^a   Habib, Michel A ^b   Bruce Johnsen, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847067849     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508003     Document Type: Article

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