The return to direct investment in private firms: New evidence on the private equity premium puzzle

European Financial Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 436-463

  Nielsen, Kasper Meisner ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Direct investments; Pension funds; Private equity; Private firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957549737     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2010.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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