An analysis of compensation in the U.S. venture capital partnership

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-44

  Gompers, Paul ^a   Lerner, Josh ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract; G23; G35; L14; Limited partnership; Private equity; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039927635     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(98)00042-7     Document Type: Article

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