Principal Costs in Initial Public Offerings

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1346-1364

  Dalziel, Thomas ^a   White, Robert E ^b   Arthurs, Jonathan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959869173     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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