TY - THES A1 - Krohmer, Philipp T1 - Essays in financial economies : risk and return of private equity N2 - CHAPTER A: THE INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR OF PRIVATE EQUITY FUND MANAGERS I The Bright and Dark Side of Staging: Investment Performance and the Varying Motivations of Private Equity Firms II The Liquidation Dilemma of Money Losing Investments – The Impact of Investment Experience and Window Dressing of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds CHAPTER B: THE ASSESSMENT OF RISK AND RETURN OF PRIVATE EQUITY I Venture Capital Performance Projection: A Simulation Approach II Modeling Default Risk of Private Equity Funds – A Market-based Framework Y1 - 2008 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/7212 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-70070 ER -