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L’impact des LBO sur la défaillance des entreprises Le cas des cibles françaises (2000-2010)

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  • Nicolas Bedu

    (GREThA – Département Sciences humaines et sociales - Université de Bordeaux)

  • Jean-Etienne Palard

    (IRGO – Département Sciences humaines et sociales - IAE de Bordeaux – Université de Bordeaux)

Abstract

(VF)Cet article étudie l’incidence des opérations de leveraged buyout (LBO) sur la défaillance des entreprises cibles françaises. Selon la théorie de l’agence, l’augmentation du risque de défaillance, induit par la hausse du niveau d’endettement, doit être compensée par le renforcement du contrôle et l’amélioration de la gouvernance. L’étude empirique est construite sur un modèle d’appariement par score de propension à partir d’un échantillon de 626 opérations de LBO dont 55 ont fait l’objet d’une défaillance financière entre 2000 et 2010. Les résultats montrent que le taux de défaillance des entreprises cibles reprises en LBO est significativement plus élevé que celui des entreprises appariées. Par ailleurs, le taux de défaillance est positivement corrélé avec le niveau d’endettement post-acquisition et le niveau de la rentabilité économique (ROCE) avant et après le rachat en LBO.(VA)This article investigates whether leveraged buy-out (LBO) transactions increase or decrease the risk of financial distress of French companies. According to agency theory, the increase of the bankruptcy risk, induced by rising debt levels, should be offset by the introduction of new governance mechanisms that improve business performance and ultimately reduce the risk of failure. The empirical study is based on a propensity score matching model which focuses on a sample of 626 LBOs with 55 operations that have experienced financial distress between 2000 and 2010 in France. The results show that the failure rate is significantly higher in the sample than the matched firms in the model. Moreover, the rate of bankruptcy is positively correlated with the post-acquisition debt level and the economic return before and after the buyout.

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  • Nicolas Bedu & Jean-Etienne Palard, 2014. "L’impact des LBO sur la défaillance des entreprises Le cas des cibles françaises (2000-2010)," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, revues.org, vol. 17(2), pages 1-23, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:dij:revfcs:v:17:y:2014:i:2:p:1-23.
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    Keywords

    leveraged buyouts (LBO); défaillance d’entreprise; faillite; structure financière; endettement; théorie de l’agence; financial distress; bankruptcy; financial structure; debt; agency theory.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • L19 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Other
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production

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