Acquisition valuations of withdrawn IPOs: When IPO plans turn into mergers

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1424-1436

  Lian, Qin ^a   Wang, Qiming ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition valuations; CARs; IPO withdrawals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858284050     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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