Are small firms less vulnerable to overpriced stock offers?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-86

  Vijh, Anand M ^a   Yang, Ke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity issuance; Firm size effect; G14; G34; Mergers and acquisitions; Opinion divergence; Overvaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883295865     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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