Going Public: The Theory and Evidence on How Companies Raise Equity Finance

During its life, a company must make the critical decision of if, and when, to go public' by listing themselves on the stock exchange. Two anomalies are apparent: that companies taking this route systematically initially underprice their shares and that over the longer term they under-perform other companies. This second edition of Going Public investigates these issues in a non-technical manner.


Author: Tim Jenkinson, Alexander Ljungqvist
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/06/2001
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.84w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780198295990

About the Author

Tim Jenkinson is a lecturer at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Economics at Keble College. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. He is Managing Editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and member of the editorial board of Oxford Economic Papers.

Alexander Ljungqvist is a Lecturer in Management Studies at the University of Oxford and Bankers Trust Fellow in Finance at Merton College.

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