Share issuance and cross-sectional returns: International evidence

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  David McLean, R ^a   Pontiff, Jeffrey ^b   Watanabe, Akiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital structure; International investment; International return predictability; Market efficiency; Raising capital; Return predictability; Share issuance

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949091180     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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