IPO Underpricing to Retain Family Control under Concentrated Ownership: Evidence from Hong Kong

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 700-729

  Yu, Xin ^a   Zheng, Ying ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Concentrated ownership; Family firms; IPO; Retain control; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863561329     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2011.02278.x     Document Type: Article

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