Bought deals: The value of underwriter certification in seasoned equity offerings

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1576-1589

  Ari Pandes, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bought deal; Information asymmetry; SEOs; Underwriter certification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952670571     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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