The private equity premium puzzle revisited-new evidence on the role of heterogeneous risk attitudes

Economica

Volumn 78, Issue 312, 2011, Pages 656-675

  Fossen, Frank M ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

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EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM OWNERSHIP; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVESTMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK PERCEPTION;

GERMANY;

EID: 80053006823     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2010.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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