Initial public offerings: CFO perceptions

Financial Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-511

  Brau, James C ^a   Ryan, Patricia A ^b   DeGraw, Irv ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c ST PETERSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chief financial officer; Equity offering; G14; G24; G32; G34; Initial public offerings; Perceptions; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049118973     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2006.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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