Equity issues and temporal variation in information asymmetry

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-23

  Autore, Don M ^a   Kovacs, Tunde ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; Pecking order theory; Seasoned equity offer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350221040     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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