Lemons or cherries? Growth opportunities and market temptations in going public and private

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 489-526

  Aslan, Hadiye ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 79956128316     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000761     Document Type: Article

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