Alexander, John C.; Cheng, Ping; Rutherford, Ronald C.; … - In: Managerial Finance 39 (2013) 8, pp. 737-755
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how long a real estate investment trust (REIT) initial public offer (IPO) survives until a merger occurs, and to determine the impact of different firm characteristics that exist at the time of the IPO on that survival in the aftermarket...
