Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of securities are among the most significant phenomena in the United States stock markets in recent years. In the so-called “New Economy” of the 1990's, IPO's ushered in the information technology revolution of the world. In this paper, the rise and fall of...

chapter 1 Introduction Capital Structure Theory: An Overview -- chapter 2 Capital Structure: Tests of Optimality vs. Pecking Order Theory -- chapter 3 Tests of Capital Structure Theory: A Binomial Approach -- chapter 4 The Determinants of Capital Structure -- chapter 5 Capital Structure and...

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of securities are among the most significant phenomena in the United States stock markets in recent years. In the so-called New Economy of the 1990’s, IPO’s ushered in the information technology revolution of the world. In this paper, the rise and...