Loose-leaf Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Connect Access Card
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781259407727
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.5, Problem 15.5BCQ
Suppose a stockbroker calls you up out of the blue and offers to sell you “all the shares you want” of a new issue. Do you think the issue will be more or less underpriced than average?
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Loose-leaf Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Connect Access Card
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