Operating and stock market performance of state-owned enterprise privatizations: The Spanish experience

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-389

  Farinós, José E ^a   García, C José ^a   Ibáñez, Ana Ma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Long term performance; Operating performance; Spanish privatization process; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548425968     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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