The long-run performance of secondary equity issues: A test of the windows of opportunity hypothesis

Journal of Business

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 575-603

  Clarke, Jonathan ^a   Dunbar, Craig ^b   Kahle, Kathleen ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 6344240930     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386531     Document Type: Article

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