Why do companies include warrants in seasoned equity offerings?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-42

  Gajewski, Jean Francois ^a   Ginglinger, Edith ^b   Lasfer, Meziane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity issue; Flotation method; Unit offerings; Warrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548209189     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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