Should Investors Bet on the Jockey or the Horse? Evidence from the Evolution of Firms from Early Business Plans to Public Companies

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Finance

• Publication date

  2009-02-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Economics

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  DOI 10.2139/SSRN.657721
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