Where have all the IPOs gone?

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1663-1692

  Gao, Xiaohui ^a,b   Ritter, Jay R ^c   Zhu, Zhongyan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d The Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84900522513     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109014000015     Document Type: Review

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