Private equity returns and disclosure around the world

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 727-754

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Walz, Uwe ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

International financial reporting; Private equity and portfolio diversification; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951854660     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.62     Document Type: Article

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