The Value of Capital Market Regulation: IPOs Versus Reverse Mergers

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-91

  Carpentier, Cécile ^b   Cumming, Douglas ^a   Suret, Jean Marc ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84867417817     PISSN: 17401453     EISSN: 17401461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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