The role of the media in the internet IPO bubble

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 657-682

  Bhattacharya, Utpal ^a   Galpin, Neal ^b   Ray, Rina ^c   Yu, Xiaoyun ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 72249089402     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109009990056     Document Type: Article

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