The performance of private equity funds

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1747-1776

  Phalippou, Ludovic ^a   Gottschalg, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

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EID: 65349145189     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhn014     Document Type: Article

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