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We evaluate the performance of limited partners' (LPs) private equity investments over time. Using a sample of 14,380 investments by 1,852 LPs in 1,250 buyout and venture funds started between 1991 and 2006, we find that the superior performance of endowment investors in the 1991-1998 period,...
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We examine the current state of the U.S. public corporation and how it has evolved over the last 40 years. After falling by 50 percent since its peak in 1997, the number of public corporations is now smaller than 40 years ago. These corporations are now much larger and over the last twenty years...
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Using a large sample of institutional investors' investments in private equity funds raised between 1991 and 2011, we estimate the extent to which investors' skill affects their returns. Bootstrap analyses show that the variance of actual performance is higher than would be expected by chance,...
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Because uncertainty is high in bad times, investors find it harder to assess firm prospects and, hence, should value analyst output more. However, higher uncertainty makes analysts' tasks harder so it is unclear if analyst output is more valuable in bad times. We find that, in bad times, analyst...
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risky banks, thereby creating market discipline. An alternative perspective is that market discipline is limited (e.g., due … to deposit insurance and/or enhanced capital regulation) and that internal demand for funding by banks determines rates … capitalization levels. In contrast, banks' loan growth has a causal effect on deposit rates: e.g., branches' deposit rates are …
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From 1973 to 2014, the common stock of U.S. banks with loan growth in the top quartile of banks over a three …-year period significantly underperforms the common stock of banks with loan growth in the bottom quartile over the next three … high growth banks also have significantly higher crash risk over the three-year period. This poor performance is explained …
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We investigate whether the value of large banks, defined as banks with assets in excess of the Dodd-Frank threshold for …. Many argue that large banks receive subsidies from the regulatory safety net, so they should be worth more and their … valuation should increase with size. Instead, using a variety of approaches, we find (1) no evidence that large banks are valued …
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banks suffered significant outflows between June and August 2011. Due to credit market frictions, these outflows have … greater exposure to Eurozone banks decrease their holdings more than other funds. We show that relationships are important in …
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than banks, but invest in the same loan facilities. In a sample of 20,031 leveraged loan facilities originated between 1997 … constraints and when capital is less available from banks …
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