The venture capital revolution

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-168

  Gompers, Paul ^a   Lerner, Josh ^a  

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EID: 0000378870     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.15.2.145     Document Type: Review

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