The dynamics of venture capital contracts

Review of Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-195

  Bienz, Carsten ^a   Hirsch, Julia ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

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EID: 84555194953     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfr003     Document Type: Article

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