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Gregory W. Brown

Business, Management and Accounting · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1966

Publications

133

Citations

6,865

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1966

Research summary
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Gregory W. Brown's research focuses on private equity, hedge funds, and other private capital markets, examining how these investments are valued, measured, and managed. His work includes developing methods to estimate the value of private equity holdings before official reporting (nowcasting net asset value), analyzing portfolio management strategies, and studying diversity and performance issues in the asset management industry. He also writes on broader corporate finance topics such as stakeholder capitalism and the role of institutional investors like university endowments.

Private equity performance and valuationHedge fund investing and allocationPortfolio management in alternative assetsCorporate governance and stakeholder capitalismInstitutional investing (endowments, small business investment companies)

Publication output rose from 2017 through a peak around 2021, then has gradually declined in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 10 publications10212022: 8 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 4 publications252026: 3 publications26
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×27
  • The Journal of Alternative Investments×7
  • National Bureau of Economic Research×6
  • Review of Financial Studies×3
  • Journal of applied corporate finance×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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