Market reaction to the expiration of IPO lockup provisions

Managerial Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-91

  Brau, James C ^a   Carter, David A ^b   Christophe, Stephen E ^c   Key, Kimberly G ^d  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial public offerings; Lockup

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996439107     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350410768859     Document Type: Article

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