Rydqvist, Kristian; Högholm, Kenneth - In: European Financial Management 1 (1995) 3, pp. 287-315
The paper explores the going public decision in a sample of family-owned corporations in Sweden, 1970-1991. the issuers' motivations for going public are documented and contrasted with economic theory. We find that the average firm is old, that a significant portion of the shares are sold by...