Venture capital, ownership structure, accounting standards and IPO underpricing: Evidence from Germany

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 517-536

  Elston, Julie Ann ^a   Yang, J Jimmy ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting standard; Germany; IPO underpricing; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649448216     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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