Robust determinants of IPO underpricing and their implications for IPO research

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 367-383

  Butler, Alexander W ^a   Keefe, Michael O'Connor ^b   Kieschnick, Robert ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Going public; Initial returns; IPO; Underpricing; Underwriting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904130339     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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