Institutional investment in listed private equity

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 594-618

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Fleming, Grant ^b,c   Johan, Sofia A ^a,d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Partner   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Institutional investment; Listed private equity; Pension funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957541478     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2011.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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