Reliability and relevance of fair values: private equity investments and investee fundamentals

We directly test the reliability and relevance of investee fair values reported by listed private equity funds (LPEs). In our setting, disaggregated fair value measurements are observable for funds’ investees; and investee accounting fundamentals are also publicly disclosed. We find that LPE fair va...

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Main Authors: Borysoff, M.N (Author), Ferreira, P.H (Author), Kräussl, R. (Author), Landsman, W.R (Author), Pope, P.F (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2019
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