IPO first-day returns, offer price revisions, volatility, and form S-1 language

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-326

  Loughran, Tim ^a   McDonald, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bookbuilding; First day returns; IPOs; S 1 filings; Textual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878997556     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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