Convertible securities and optimal exit decisions in venture capital finance

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-306

  Bascha, Andreas ^a   Walz, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convertible securities; Exit decisions; G24; G32; G34; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000628928     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(01)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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