UK IPO underpricing and venture capitalists

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-435

  Coakley, Jerry ^a   Hadass, Leon ^b   Wood, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Pantheon Ventures   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Certification hypothesis; IPO underpricing; Spinning; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650941724     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13518470802560915     Document Type: Article

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