Underpricing versus gross spread: New evidence on the effect of sold shares at the time of IPOs

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-196

  Chahine, Salim ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Gross spread; Initial public offering; Primary shares; Secondary shares; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649093570     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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