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This paper utilizes a two-stage, n-firm differentiated products framework to examine the effects of competition for investors' capital and uncertainty in private equity fundraising. In the first stage, a firm must decide when to raise capital in an environment with uncertain market size. Firms...

We employ a two-stage, n-firm differentiated products framework to examine the effect of competition for investors' capital, uncertainty, and barriers to entry on private equity fundraising. In the first stage, firms simultaneously decide whether or not they will raise capital. Participating...