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The Private Equity Boom: Causes and Policy Issues

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  • Adrian Blundell-Wignall

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Private equity, by focusing on under-performing companies that can be transformed and subsequently re-floated, fosters rapid corporate restructuring – enhancing productivity. M&A and private equity deals are very strong at present, and private equity use of leverage is accelerating sharply...

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  • Adrian Blundell-Wignall, 2007. "The Private Equity Boom: Causes and Policy Issues," Financial Market Trends, OECD Publishing, vol. 2007(1), pages 59-86.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:dafkab:5l4l3hfd8knn
    DOI: 10.1787/fmt-v2007-art4-en
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    1. Bank for International Settlements, 2008. "Private equity and leveraged finance markets," CGFS Papers, Bank for International Settlements, number 30, december.
    2. Lewis, Mervyn K., 2010. "Did Berle and Means get it wrong? Reflections on Thorstein Veblen, Paul Samuelson, and ‘Corporate Strategy Financialized’," Accounting forum, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 222-227.
    3. Desiree Fields, 2017. "Unwilling Subjects of Financialization," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(4), pages 588-603, July.

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