The underpricing of private targets

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-66

  Cooney, John W ^a   Moeller, Thomas ^b   Stegemoller, Mike ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Private acquisitions; Valuation uncertainty; Withdrawn IPOs

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449103865     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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