Initial Public Offerings: Findings and Theories by Seth Anderson, T. Randolph Beard, Jeffery A. Born.

Initial public offerings (IPOs) play a crucial role in allocating resources in market economies. Because of the enormous importance of IPOs, an understanding of how IPOs work is fundamental to an understanding of financial markets generally. Of particular interest is the puzzling existence of high i...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Seth (Author), Beard, T. Randolph (Author), Born, Jeffery A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edition:1st ed. 1995.
Series:Innovations in Financial Markets and Institutions ; 8
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Summary:Initial public offerings (IPOs) play a crucial role in allocating resources in market economies. Because of the enormous importance of IPOs, an understanding of how IPOs work is fundamental to an understanding of financial markets generally. Of particular interest is the puzzling existence of high initial returns to equity IPOs in the United States and other free-market economies. Audience: Designed for use by anyone wishing to perform further academic research in the area of IPOs and by those practitioners interested in IPOs as investment vehicles.
Physical Description:XX, 111 p. online resource.
ISBN:9781461522959
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4615-2295-9