Risk-Adjusting the Returns to Venture Capital

Journal of Finance

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1437-1470

  Korteweg, Arthur ^a   Nagel, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84966552459     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofi.12390     Document Type: Article

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