Do regulatory changes affect the underpricing of European IPOs?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-58

  Akyol, Ali C ^a   Cooper, Tommy ^b   Meoli, Michele ^c   Vismara, Silvio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Corporate governance; Initial public offerings; Regulation; Underpricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901820163     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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