The under-pricing of IPOs in the Gulf cooperation council countries

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-360

  Al Hassan, Abdullah ^a   Delgado, Fernando ^a   Omran, Mohammed ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c The Egyptian Exchange   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aftermarket performance; GCC; IPOs; Under pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956881857     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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