A new method to estimate risk and return of nontraded assets from cash flows: The case of private equity funds

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 511-535

  Driessen, Joost ^a   Lin, Tse Chun ^b   Phalippou, Ludovic ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84865428119     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109012000221     Document Type: Article

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