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Does the Tenure of Private Equity Investment Improve the Performance of European Firms?

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  • Oleg Badunenko
  • Christopher F. Baum
  • Dorothea Schäfer

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The paper investigates whether the presence and tenure of Private Equity (PE) investment in European companies improves their performance. Previous studies documented the unambiguous merit of a buyout during the 1980s and 1990s for listed firms in the US and UK markets. This study analyzes such influences in both listed and unlisted European firms during 2002-2007. Our analysis suggests that short-term PE investments have, on average, a detrimental effect on firm performance. The performance of a firm that has PE backing is lower than that of a firm without PE backing in the first year of PE investment. Such an effect disappears if PE investments remain in the firm for an uninterrupted six-year term.

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  • Oleg Badunenko & Christopher F. Baum & Dorothea Schäfer, 2010. "Does the Tenure of Private Equity Investment Improve the Performance of European Firms?," Working Paper / FINESS 3.3, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwfin:diwfin3.3
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    1. Koo, Ja Hyun, 2016. "Private Equity as an Alternative Corporate Restructuring Scheme: Does Private Equity Increase the Operating Performance of PE-Backed Firms?," KDI Journal of Economic Policy, Korea Development Institute (KDI), vol. 38(2), pages 21-44.

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    Keywords

    Private equity financing; corporate finance;

    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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