← Search

American Economic Review Vol. 106 No. 5 2016

Making Private Data Accessible in an Opaque Industry: The Experience of the Private Capital Research Institute

Leslie Jeng1; Josh Lerner2

1 Private Capital Research Institute, 114 Western Avenue, Boston, MA 02138 (e-mail: ) · 2 Private Capital Research Institute and Harvard Business School, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 314, Boston, MA 02134 (e-mail: )

Abstract

Private markets are becoming an increasingly important way of financing rapidly growing and mature firms, and private investors are reputed to have far-reaching economic impacts. These important markets, however, are uniquely difficult to study. This paper explores these challenges, as well as the ways they can be overcome, using the experiences of the Private Capital Research Institute as a case.

DOI
10.1257/aer.p20161059
Volume
106
Issue
5
Pages
157-160
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

Cite