Private equity syndication: Agency costs, reputation and collaboration

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 616-644

  Meuleman, Miguel ^a   Wright, Mike ^a,b   Manigart, Sophie ^c   Lockett, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Leveraged buyouts; Private equity; Syndication; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349159154     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2009.02124.x     Document Type: Article

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