One Reason for the Emergence of ________________________In the 1980s Was

question 90

Short Answer

One reason for the emergence of ________________________in the 1980s was the belief that prisons were being overused for offenders who really did not need secure confinement.

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Definitions:

Seasoned Equity Offering

Refers to the process of a publicly-traded company issuing additional shares of stock to investors after the initial public offering.

Equity Offering

Refers to the process by which companies raise capital by issuing new shares of stock to investors.

Best Efforts Underwriting

An agreement in which an underwriter commits to do their best to sell as much of an offering as possible, but does not guarantee the sale of all the securities being offered.

Underwriting

The process by which an individual or institution takes on financial risk for a fee, such as issuing insurance policies or bringing a new security issue to the market.