Original paper

Private Equity Returns and Disclosure Around the World

Published: Jan 1, 2010
Abstract
To obtain more funds from the institutional investors, private equity fund managers may report inflated valuations of private investee companies that are not yet sold. However, such overvaluations may result in a reputational cost when those investments are realized. Using evidence from 39 countries, we show that significant systematic biases exist in the reporting of fund performance, and that these biases depend on the degree of accounting...
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Title
Private Equity Returns and Disclosure Around the World
Published Date
Jan 1, 2010
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