Davis, Steven; Haltiwanger, John; Jarmin, Ron; Lerner, Josh - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2008
Private equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses. To investigate this claim, we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S. private equity transactions from 1980 to 2005. We track 3,200 target firms and their 150,000 establishments before and after acquisition,...
