The illiquidity puzzle: Theory and evidence from private equity

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-40

  Lerner, Josh ^a   Schoar, Antoinette ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate finance; Fundraising; Liquidity; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542402022     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(03)00203-4     Document Type: Article

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