How persistent is private equity performance? Evidence from deal-level data

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 273-291

  Braun, Reiner ^a   Jenkinson, Tim ^b   Stoff, Ingo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance persistence; Portfolio companies; Private equity; Returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008685622     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.01.033     Document Type: Article

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