Are IPOs really underpriced?

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 811-848

  Purnanandam, Amiyatosh K ^a   Swaminathan, Bhaskaran ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management   (United States)

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EID: 4344611533     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhg055     Document Type: Article

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