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  • winter 1997
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  • Journal of Private Equity

Risk and Reward in Private Equity Investments: The Challenge of Performance Assessment

By: Paul A. Gompers and J. Lerner
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  • | Pages:8
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Keywords

Risk and Uncertainty; Motivation and Incentives; For-Profit Firms; Equity; Investment; Problems and Challenges; Performance

Citation

Gompers, Paul A., and J. Lerner. "Risk and Reward in Private Equity Investments: The Challenge of Performance Assessment." Journal of Private Equity 1 (winter 1997): 5–12.
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Paul A. Gompers

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Josh Lerner

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