Initial public offerings in Australia 1994 to 1999, recent evidence of underpricing and underperformance

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-198

  Dimovski, William ^a   Brooks, Robert ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IPOs; Long term performance; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043106164     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REQU.0000025759.39918.89     Document Type: Review

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