Seasoned equity offerings, market timing, and the corporate lifecycle

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-295

  DeAngelo, Harry ^a   DeAngelo, Linda ^a   Stulz, René M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash balances; Corporate lifecycle; Market timing; Seasoned equity offerings (SEOs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149170412     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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