Private equity fund size, investment size, and value creation

Review of Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 799-835

  Humphery Jenner, Mark ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84859147220     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfr011     Document Type: Review

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