Leveraged buyouts and private equity

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-146

  Kaplan, Steven N ^a   Strömberg, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 85011716131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.23.1.121     Document Type: Review

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