Paul Alan Gompers

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• Harvard University / Harvard Business School / Finance Unit (weight: 50%)
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• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (weight: 50%)
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Research profile

author of:

• The Venture Capital Revolution
  Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2001)
  by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-article, aea:jecper:v:15:y:2001:i:2:p:145-168)
• Venture Capitalists and COVID-19
  Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2020)
  by Paul Gompers & Will Gornall & Steven N. Kaplan & Ilya A. Strebulaev
  (ReDIF-paper, bfi:wpaper:2020-135)
• Private Equity and COVID-19
  Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2020)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, bfi:wpaper:2020-140)
• What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?
  Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (1998)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-article, bin:bpeajo:v:29:y:1998:i:1998-3:p:149-204)
• Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital
  Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell (2009)
  by Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jemstr:v:18:y:2009:i:3:p:817-844)
• Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital
  Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (1995)
  by Gompers, Paul A
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jfinan:v:50:y:1995:i:5:p:1461-89)
• Myth or Reality? The Long-Run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture and Nonventure Capital-Backed Companies
  Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (1997)
  by Brav, Alon & Gompers, Paul A
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jfinan:v:52:y:1997:i:5:p:1791-1821)
• The Really Long‐Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre‐Nasdaq Evidence
  Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (2003)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jfinan:v:58:y:2003:i:4:p:1355-1392)
• Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986 to 1999
  Journal of Finance, American Finance Association (2005)
  by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jfinan:v:60:y:2005:i:2:p:577-614)
• Venture Capitalists and COVID-19
  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press (2021)
  by Gompers, Paul & Gornall, Will & Kaplan, Steven N. & Strebulaev, Ilya A.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jfinqa:v:56:y:2021:i:7:p:2474-2499_7)
• Gender Gaps in Venture Capital Performance
  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press (2022)
  by Gompers, Paul A. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir & Weisburst, Emily & Xuan, Yuhai
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jfinqa:v:57:y:2022:i:2:p:485-513_3)
• Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement
  Working Paper Series, Ohio State University, Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics (2005)
  by Dlugos, Jennifer & Fahlenbrach, Rudiger & Gompers, Paul & Metrick, Andrew
  (ReDIF-paper, ecl:ohidic:2005-9)
• Large blocks of stock: Prevalence, size, and measurement
  Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier (2006)
  by Dlugosz, Jennifer & Fahlenbrach, Rudiger & Gompers, Paul & Metrick, Andrew
  (ReDIF-article, eee:corfin:v:12:y:2006:i:3:p:594-618)
• Venture capital growing pains: Should the market diet?
  Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier (1998)
  by Gompers, Paul A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jbfina:v:22:y:1998:i:6-8:p:1089-1104)
• The cost of friendship
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2016)
  by Gompers, Paul A. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir & Xuan, Yuhai
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:119:y:2016:i:3:p:626-644)
• What do private equity firms say they do?
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2016)
  by Gompers, Paul & Kaplan, Steven N. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:121:y:2016:i:3:p:449-476)
• How do venture capitalists make decisions?
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2020)
  by Gompers, Paul A. & Gornall, Will & Kaplan, Steven N. & Strebulaev, Ilya A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:135:y:2020:i:1:p:169-190)
• And the children shall lead: Gender diversity and performance in venture capital
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2021)
  by Calder-Wang, Sophie & Gompers, Paul A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:142:y:2021:i:1:p:1-22)
• Grandstanding in the venture capital industry
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (1996)
  by Gompers, Paul A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:42:y:1996:i:1:p:133-156)
• An analysis of compensation in the U.S. venture capital partnership
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (1999)
  by Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:51:y:1999:i:1:p:3-44)
• Money chasing deals? The impact of fund inflows on private equity valuation
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2000)
  by Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:55:y:2000:i:2:p:281-325)
• Is the abnormal return following equity issuances anomalous?
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2000)
  by Brav, Alon & Geczy, Christopher & Gompers, Paul A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:56:y:2000:i:2:p:209-249)
• Who underreacts to cash-flow news? evidence from trading between individuals and institutions
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2002)
  by Cohen, Randolph B. & Gompers, Paul A. & Vuolteenaho, Tuomo
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:66:y:2002:i:2-3:p:409-462)
• Venture capital investment cycles: The impact of public markets
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2008)
  by Gompers, Paul & Kovner, Anna & Lerner, Josh & Scharfstein, David
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:87:y:2008:i:1:p:1-23)
• Performance persistence in entrepreneurship
  Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2010)
  by Gompers, Paul & Kovner, Anna & Lerner, Josh & Scharfstein, David
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinec:v:96:y:2010:i:1:p:18-32)
• Private equity and Covid-19
  Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier (2022)
  by Gompers, Paul A. & Kaplan, Steven N. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jfinin:v:51:y:2022:i:c:s1042957322000213)
• Buy local? The geography of venture capital
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2010)
  by Chen, Henry & Gompers, Paul & Kovner, Anna & Lerner, Josh
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:67:y:2010:i:1:p:90-102)
• Getting schooled: Universities and VC-backed immigrant entrepreneurs
  Research Policy, Elsevier (2023)
  by Amornsiripanitch, Natee & Gompers, Paul A. & Hu, George & Vasudevan, Kaushik
  (ReDIF-article, eee:respol:v:52:y:2023:i:7:s0048733323000665)
• Advanced Introduction to Private Equity
  Books, Edward Elgar Publishing (2022)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan
  (ReDIF-book, elg:eebook:20028)
• The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies
  Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2012)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan
  (ReDIF-chapter, elg:eechap:14045_28)
• Corporations and the financing of innovation: The corporate venturing experience
  Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2002)
  by Paul Gompers
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedaer:y:2002:i:q4:p:1-17:n:v.87no.4)
• Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2022)
  by Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul Gompers & George Hu & Kaushik Vasudevan
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedpwp:94591)
• Failing Just Fine: Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-backed Entrepreneurs via a Non-Wage Measure
  Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2023)
  by Graham J. Abbott & Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul Gompers & George Hu & Will Levinson & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, fip:fedpwp:96629)
• How Are Large Institutions Different from Other Investors? Why Do These Differences Matter?
  Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1998)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:harver:1830)
• Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?
  Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research ()
  by Alon Brav & Christopher Geczy & Paul A. Gompers
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:pennfi:02-99)
• Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?
  Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research ()
  by Alon Brav & Christopher Geczy & Paul A. Gompers
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:pennfi:2-99)
• Institutional Investors and Equity Prices
  Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research ()
  by Paul A. Gompers & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:pennfi:20-99)
• What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?
  Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2015)
  by Paul Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, hbs:wpaper:15-081)
• And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital
  Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2017)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Sophie Q. Wang
  (ReDIF-paper, hbs:wpaper:17-103)
• Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation
  Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2017)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Kevin Huang & Sophie Q. Wang
  (ReDIF-paper, hbs:wpaper:17-104)
• The Venture Capital Cycle, 2nd Edition
  MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2006)
  by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-book, mtp:titles:0262572389)
• Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003)
  by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:10791)
• Buy Local? The Geography of Venture Capital
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Henry Chen & Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:11892)
• Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:12189)
• Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
  by Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:3048)
• The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities
  NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000)
  by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-chapter, nbr:nberch:9004)
• Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003)
  by Mihir Desai & Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:10165)
• Incentives vs. Control: An Analysis of U.S. Dual-Class Companies
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:10240)
• Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004)
  by Jennifer Dlugosz & Rudiger Fahlenbrach & Paul Gompers & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:10671)
• Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005)
  by Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:11385)
• Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12592)
• Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009)
  by Henry Chen & Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15102)
• The Cost of Friendship
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Paul Gompers & Vladimir Mukharlyamov & Yuhai Xuan
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18141)
• What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Paul Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21133)
• How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016)
  by Paul Gompers & William Gornall & Steven N. Kaplan & Ilya A. Strebulaev
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:22587)
• Diversity in Innovation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Sophie Q. Wang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23082)
• And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Sophie Q. Wang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23454)
• Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Kevin Huang & Sophie Q. Wang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23459)
• Venture Capitalists and COVID-19
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Paul Gompers & Will Gornall & Steven N. Kaplan & Ilya A. Strebulaev
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27824)
• Private Equity and COVID-19
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:27889)
• Venture Capital’s “Me Too” Moment
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Sophie Calder-Wang & Paul Gompers & Patrick Sweeney
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28679)
• Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Sophie Calder-Wang & Paul A. Gompers & Kevin Huang
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28684)
• Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul A. Gompers & George Hu & Kaushik Vasudevan
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28773)
• Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:29907)
• Failing Just Fine: Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-backed Entrepreneurs Via a Non-Wage Measure
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
  by Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul Gompers & George Hu & Will Levinson & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30179)
• The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:30899)
• No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul Gompers & George Hu & Will Levinson & Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31753)
• Institutional Investors and Equity Prices
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:6723)
• The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Successes: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:6725)
• Conflict of Interest in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998)
  by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:6847)
• What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:6906)
• Corporate Governance and Equity Prices
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Joy L. Ishii & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:8449)
• The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-NASDAQ Evidence
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:8505)
• Who Underreacts to Cash-Flow News? Evidence from Trading between Individuals and Institutions
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002)
  by Randolph B. Cohen & Paul A. Gompers & Tuomo Vuolteenaho
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:8793)
• Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003)
  by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:9816)
• More than Money: Venture Capitalists on Boards
  The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2019)
  by Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul A Gompers & Yuhai Xuan
  (ReDIF-article, oup:jleorg:v:35:y:2019:i:3:p:513-543.)
• Institutional Investors and Equity Prices
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press (2001)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:116:y:2001:i:1:p:229-259.)
• Corporate Governance and Equity Prices
  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press (2003)
  by Paul Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-article, oup:qjecon:v:118:y:2003:i:1:p:107-156.)
• The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings
  Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies (2003)
  by Alon Brav & Paul A. Gompers
  (ReDIF-article, oup:rfinst:v:16:y:2003:i:1:p:1-29)
• Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States
  Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies (2010)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-article, oup:rfinst:v:23:y:2010:i:3:p:1051-1088)
• The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements
  Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1996)
  by Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlawec:v:39:y:1996:i:2:p:463-98)
• Conflict of Interest in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital
  Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (1999)
  by Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlawec:v:42:y:1999:i:1:p:1-28)
• The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
  Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2003)
  by Baker, Malcolm & Gompers, Paul A
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlawec:y:2003:v:46:i:2:p:569-98)
• Corporate Governance and Equity Prices
  Center for Financial Institutions Working Papers, Wharton School Center for Financial Institutions, University of Pennsylvania (2002)
  by Paul A. Gompers & Joy L. Ishii & Andrew Metrick
  (ReDIF-paper, wop:pennin:02-32)