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Paul Alan Gompers

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First Name:Paul
Middle Name:Alan
Last Name:Gompers
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Terminal Degree:1993 Department of Economics; Harvard University (from RePEc Genealogy)

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(50%) Finance Unit
Harvard Business School
Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
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(50%) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Working papers

  1. Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul Gompers & George Hu & Will Levinson & Vladimir Mukharlyamov, 2023. "No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes," NBER Working Papers 31753, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Paul A. Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov, 2023. "The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity," NBER Working Papers 30899, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Graham J. Abbott & Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul Gompers & George Hu & Will Levinson & Vladimir Mukharlyamov, 2023. "Failing Just Fine: Assessing Careers of Venture Capital-backed Entrepreneurs via a Non-Wage Measure," Working Papers 23-17, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
  4. Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul Gompers & George Hu & Kaushik Vasudevan, 2022. "Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs," Working Papers 22-19, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
  5. Paul A. Gompers & Vladimir Mukharlyamov, 2022. "Transferable Skills? Founders as Venture Capitalists," NBER Working Papers 29907, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Sophie Calder-Wang & Paul Gompers & Patrick Sweeney, 2021. "Venture Capital’s “Me Too” Moment," NBER Working Papers 28679, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  7. Sophie Calder-Wang & Paul A. Gompers & Kevin Huang, 2021. "Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams," NBER Working Papers 28684, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  8. Paul A. Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov, 2020. "Private Equity and COVID-19," Working Papers 2020-140, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics.
  9. Paul Gompers & Will Gornall & Steven N. Kaplan & Ilya A. Strebulaev, 2020. "Venture Capitalists and COVID-19," Working Papers 2020-135, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics.
  10. Paul A. Gompers & Sophie Q. Wang, 2017. "Diversity in Innovation," NBER Working Papers 23082, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  11. Paul A. Gompers & Kevin Huang & Sophie Q. Wang, 2017. "Homophily in Entrepreneurial Team Formation," Harvard Business School Working Papers 17-104, Harvard Business School.
  12. Paul A. Gompers & Sophie Q. Wang, 2017. "And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and Performance in Venture Capital," Harvard Business School Working Papers 17-103, Harvard Business School.
  13. Paul Gompers & William Gornall & Steven N. Kaplan & Ilya A. Strebulaev, 2016. "How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?," NBER Working Papers 22587, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  14. Paul Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan & Vladimir Mukharlyamov, 2015. "What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?," Harvard Business School Working Papers 15-081, Harvard Business School.
  15. Paul Gompers & Vladimir Mukharlyamov & Yuhai Xuan, 2012. "The Cost of Friendship," NBER Working Papers 18141, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  16. Henry Chen & Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner, 2009. "Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion," NBER Working Papers 15102, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  17. Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein, 2006. "Skill vs. Luck in Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Evidence from Serial Entrepreneurs," NBER Working Papers 12592, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  18. Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein, 2005. "Venture Capital Investment Cycles: The Impact of Public Markets," NBER Working Papers 11385, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  19. Dlugos, Jennifer & Fahlenbrach, Rudiger & Gompers, Paul & Metrick, Andrew, 2005. "Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement," Working Paper Series 2005-9, Ohio State University, Charles A. Dice Center for Research in Financial Economics.
  20. Paul A. Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick, 2004. "Incentives vs. Control: An Analysis of U.S. Dual-Class Companies," NBER Working Papers 10240, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  21. Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein, 2003. "Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999," NBER Working Papers 9816, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  22. Mihir Desai & Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner, 2003. "Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe," NBER Working Papers 10165, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  23. Randolph B. Cohen & Paul A. Gompers & Tuomo Vuolteenaho, 2002. "Who Underreacts to Cash-Flow News? Evidence from Trading between Individuals and Institutions," NBER Working Papers 8793, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  24. Paul A. Gompers & Joy L. Ishii & Andrew Metrick, 2001. "Corporate Governance and Equity Prices," NBER Working Papers 8449, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  25. Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner, 2001. "The Really Long-Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre-NASDAQ Evidence," NBER Working Papers 8505, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  26. Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner, 1999. "What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?," NBER Working Papers 6906, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  27. Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner, 1998. "Conflict of Interest in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital," NBER Working Papers 6847, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  28. Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner, 1998. "The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Successes: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities," NBER Working Papers 6725, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  29. Paul A. Gompers & Andrew Metrick, 1998. "How Are Large Institutions Different from Other Investors? Why Do These Differences Matter?," Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers 1830, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research.
  30. Alon Brav & Christopher Geczy & Paul A. Gompers, "undated". "Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous?," Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers 02-99, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research.
  31. Paul A. Gompers & Andrew Metrick, "undated". "Institutional Investors and Equity Prices," Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers 20-99, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research.

Articles

  1. Amornsiripanitch, Natee & Gompers, Paul A. & Hu, George & Vasudevan, Kaushik, 2023. "Getting schooled: Universities and VC-backed immigrant entrepreneurs," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(7).
  2. Gompers, Paul A. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir & Weisburst, Emily & Xuan, Yuhai, 2022. "Gender Gaps in Venture Capital Performance," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 57(2), pages 485-513, March.
  3. Gompers, Paul A. & Kaplan, Steven N. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir, 2022. "Private equity and Covid-19," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).
  4. Gompers, Paul & Gornall, Will & Kaplan, Steven N. & Strebulaev, Ilya A., 2021. "Venture Capitalists and COVID-19," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 56(7), pages 2474-2499, November.
  5. Calder-Wang, Sophie & Gompers, Paul A., 2021. "And the children shall lead: Gender diversity and performance in venture capital," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 142(1), pages 1-22.
  6. Gompers, Paul A. & Gornall, Will & Kaplan, Steven N. & Strebulaev, Ilya A., 2020. "How do venture capitalists make decisions?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(1), pages 169-190.
  7. Natee Amornsiripanitch & Paul A Gompers & Yuhai Xuan, 2019. "More than Money: Venture Capitalists on Boards," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 35(3), pages 513-543.
  8. Gompers, Paul A. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir & Xuan, Yuhai, 2016. "The cost of friendship," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(3), pages 626-644.
  9. Gompers, Paul & Kaplan, Steven N. & Mukharlyamov, Vladimir, 2016. "What do private equity firms say they do?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 121(3), pages 449-476.
  10. Chen, Henry & Gompers, Paul & Kovner, Anna & Lerner, Josh, 2010. "Buy local? The geography of venture capital," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(1), pages 90-102, January.
  11. Paul A. Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick, 2010. "Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 23(3), pages 1051-1088, March.
  12. Gompers, Paul & Kovner, Anna & Lerner, Josh & Scharfstein, David, 2010. "Performance persistence in entrepreneurship," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 18-32, April.
  13. Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner, 2009. "Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 18(3), pages 817-844, September.
  14. Gompers, Paul & Kovner, Anna & Lerner, Josh & Scharfstein, David, 2008. "Venture capital investment cycles: The impact of public markets," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(1), pages 1-23, January.
  15. Dlugosz, Jennifer & Fahlenbrach, Rudiger & Gompers, Paul & Metrick, Andrew, 2006. "Large blocks of stock: Prevalence, size, and measurement," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 12(3), pages 594-618, June.
  16. Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner & David Scharfstein, 2005. "Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986 to 1999," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 60(2), pages 577-614, April.
  17. Paul Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick, 2003. "Corporate Governance and Equity Prices," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 118(1), pages 107-156.
  18. Baker, Malcolm & Gompers, Paul A, 2003. "The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 46(2), pages 569-598, October.
  19. Alon Brav & Paul A. Gompers, 2003. "The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings," The Review of Financial Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 16(1), pages 1-29.
  20. Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner, 2003. "The Really Long‐Run Performance of Initial Public Offerings: The Pre‐Nasdaq Evidence," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 58(4), pages 1355-1392, August.
  21. Cohen, Randolph B. & Gompers, Paul A. & Vuolteenaho, Tuomo, 2002. "Who underreacts to cash-flow news? evidence from trading between individuals and institutions," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 66(2-3), pages 409-462.
  22. Paul Gompers, 2002. "Corporations and the financing of innovation: The corporate venturing experience," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, vol. 87(Q4), pages 1-17.
  23. Paul A. Gompers & Andrew Metrick, 2001. "Institutional Investors and Equity Prices," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 116(1), pages 229-259.
  24. Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner, 2001. "The Venture Capital Revolution," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 15(2), pages 145-168, Spring.
  25. Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh, 2000. "Money chasing deals? The impact of fund inflows on private equity valuation," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(2), pages 281-325, February.
  26. Brav, Alon & Geczy, Christopher & Gompers, Paul A., 2000. "Is the abnormal return following equity issuances anomalous?," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(2), pages 209-249, May.
  27. Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh, 1999. "An analysis of compensation in the U.S. venture capital partnership," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(1), pages 3-44, January.
  28. Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh, 1999. "Conflict of Interest in the Issuance of Public Securities: Evidence from Venture Capital," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 42(1), pages 1-28, April.
  29. Gompers, Paul A., 1998. "Venture capital growing pains: Should the market diet?," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 22(6-8), pages 1089-1104, August.
  30. Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner, 1998. "What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising?," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 29(1998 Micr), pages 149-204.
  31. Brav, Alon & Gompers, Paul A, 1997. "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, vol. 52(5), pages 1791-1821, December.
  32. Gompers, Paul A., 1996. "Grandstanding in the venture capital industry," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 133-156, September.
  33. Gompers, Paul & Lerner, Josh, 1996. "The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 39(2), pages 463-498, October.
  34. Gompers, Paul A, 1995. "Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 50(5), pages 1461-1489, December.

Chapters

  1. Paul A. Gompers & Yuhai Xuan, 2012. "The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies," Chapters, in: James R. Barth & Chen Lin & Clas Wihlborg (ed.), Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance, chapter 28, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Henry Chen & Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner, 2010. "Buy Local? The Geography of Venture Capital," NBER Chapters, in: Cities and Entrepreneurship, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Paul A. Gompers & Joy Ishii & Andrew Metrick, 2010. "Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States," NBER Chapters, in: Corporate Governance, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Paul Gompers & Anna Kovner & Josh Lerner, 2007. "Specialization and Success: Evidence from Venture Capital," NBER Chapters, in: Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Structure, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner, 2003. "Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation," NBER Chapters, in: Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 3, pages 1-28, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  6. Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner, 2000. "The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities," NBER Chapters, in: Concentrated Corporate Ownership, pages 17-54, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Books

  1. Paul A. Gompers & Steven N. Kaplan, 2022. "Advanced Introduction to Private Equity," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 20028.
  2. Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner, 2006. "The Venture Capital Cycle, 2nd Edition," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262572389, April.

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  1. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (15) 2003-07-13 2003-12-14 2005-06-05 2006-11-04 2009-07-03 2012-06-25 2017-02-05 2017-06-04 2021-03-01 2021-04-26 2021-05-17 2022-04-25 2022-07-25 2023-05-29 2023-10-09. Author is listed
  2. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (12) 1998-12-28 1999-02-08 2003-07-13 2003-12-14 2004-01-25 2009-07-03 2016-09-18 2017-06-04 2017-06-04 2020-10-19 2022-04-25 2023-02-20. Author is listed
  3. NEP-FMK: Financial Markets (8) 1998-09-14 1998-09-14 2001-08-30 2001-10-01 2002-04-08 2020-10-05 2020-10-19 2023-02-20. Author is listed
  4. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (5) 2017-02-05 2022-07-25 2023-02-20 2023-10-09 2023-11-06. Author is listed
  5. NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (5) 2015-05-09 2016-09-18 2017-06-04 2021-05-17 2023-05-29. Author is listed
  6. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (4) 2017-06-04 2017-06-04 2017-06-04 2017-06-04
  7. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (3) 2006-11-04 2015-05-09 2016-09-18
  8. NEP-FIN: Finance (3) 2001-08-30 2004-08-31 2005-06-05
  9. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (3) 2017-06-04 2021-04-26 2023-02-20
  10. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (3) 2021-04-26 2021-04-26 2021-05-17
  11. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (2) 2021-03-01 2021-04-26
  12. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2017-06-04 2023-11-06
  13. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2021-04-26 2021-04-26
  14. NEP-INO: Innovation (2) 2006-11-04 2017-02-05
  15. NEP-TID: Technology and Industrial Dynamics (2) 1998-09-14 2006-11-04
  16. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2009-07-03 2023-05-29
  17. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (1) 2001-08-30
  18. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2017-06-04
  19. NEP-DES: Economic Design (1) 2023-05-29
  20. NEP-EEC: European Economics (1) 2003-12-14
  21. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2009-07-03
  22. NEP-INV: Investment (1) 2023-10-09
  23. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2021-04-26
  24. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2003-12-14
  25. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2021-05-17
  26. NEP-NET: Network Economics (1) 2017-06-04
  27. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (1) 2016-09-18
  28. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 1998-12-28
  29. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2012-06-25
  30. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (1) 2016-09-18
  31. NEP-SPO: Sports and Economics (1) 2023-11-06

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