The relation between IPO underpricing and litigation risk revisited: Changes between 1990 and 2002

Financial Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-355

  Zhu, Yun ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349897071     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2009.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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