Why has IPO underpricing changed over time?

Financial Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 5-37

  Loughran, Tim ^a   Ritter, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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