Private equity fund valuation management during fundraising

I investigate whether and how private equity fund managers (GPs) inflate their interim fund valuations (net asset values or NAVs) during fundraising periods. Specifically, I study the extent to which the GPs inflate NAVs by managing valuation assumptions (e.g., valuation multiples), influencing the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baik, Brian (Kunho)
Other Authors: Verdi, Rodrigo S.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144563