Investor overoptimism and private equity placements

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-608

  Marciukaityte, Dalia ^a   Szewczyk, Samuel H ^b   Varma, Raj ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 28744452676     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2005.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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