The Puzzling Increase in the Underpricing of Seasoned Equity Offerings

Financial Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-365

  Kim, Kenneth A ^a   Shin, Hyun Han ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Rule10b 21; Seasoned equity offerings; Short sale; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349794849     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0732-8516.2004.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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