Fund size, limited attention and valuation of venture capital backed firms

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-15

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Dai, Na ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fund size; Limited attention; Private equity valuation; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650513083     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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