Long-run underperformance following private equity placements: The role of growth opportunities

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1113-1128

  Chou, De Wai ^a   Gombola, Michael ^b   Liu, Feng Ying ^c  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth opportunities; Long run performance; Private placements

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649700419     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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