The IPO market as a screening device and the going public decision: Evidence from acquisitions of privately and publicly held firms

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-361

  Mantecon, Tomas ^a   Thistle, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; IPO; Merger; Private equity; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052263799     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: 15737179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-010-0207-y     Document Type: Article

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