Grandstanding in the venture capital industry

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-156

  Gompers, Paul A ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial public offerings; Reputation; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030240848     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-405X(96)00874-4     Document Type: Article

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