Why are the French so different from the Germans? Underpricing of IPOs on the Euro New Markets

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-271

  Goergen, Marc ^a   Khurshed, Arif ^b   Renneboog, Luc ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European New Markets; High technology; IPOs; Lock up agreements; Underpricing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649878528     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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