Analyst coverage and the cost of raising equity capital: Evidence from underpricing of seasoned equity offerings

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 657-700

  Bowen, Robert M ^a   Chen, Xia ^b   Cheng, Qiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Analyst coverage; Cost of raising capital; Information asymmetry; Seasoned equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949119584     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/car.25.3.1     Document Type: Article

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