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Private Equity

Private equity is an equity investment asset class in non-publicly-traded companies distinguished by active ownership, operational management engagement, and a value creation strategy culminating in portfolio exit.

1.3K

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86.9K

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1.8K

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916

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1.3K

The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems

Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Finance · 1993 · 8.7K citations · Full text

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The economics of small business finance: The roles of private equity and debt markets in the financial growth cycle

Allen N. Berger, Gregory F. Udell · Journal of Banking & Finance · 1998 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems

Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Finance · 1993 · 1.7K citations

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Stocks as Lotteries: The Implications of Probability Weighting for Security Prices

Nicholas Barberis · American Economic Review · 2008 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity

Steven N. Kaplan, Per Strömberg · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2009 · 1K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MW
    Mike Wright

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    60 publications · 3.4K citations

    31

    h-index

  2. JL
    Josh Lerner

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    39 publications · 5.8K citations

    29

    h-index

  3. DJ
    Douglas J. Cumming

    Florida Atlantic University, United States

    41 publications · 2.7K citations

    25

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  4. SN
    Steven N. Kaplan

    University of Chicago, United States

    28 publications · 4.9K citations

    23

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  5. TJ
    Tim Jenkinson

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    29 publications · 2.6K citations

    21

    h-index

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Institutions

916

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    57 h-index

    209 publications

    23.9K citations

  2. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    38 h-index

    116 publications

    7.8K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    78 publications

    6.5K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    32 h-index

    75 publications

    8.5K citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    30 h-index

    66 publications

    5.6K citations

  6. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    61 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    25 h-index

    46 publications

    3K citations

  8. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    23 h-index

    47 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 299 publications · 11.7K citations

    59

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  2. Journal of Financial Economics

    27 publications · 5.3K citations

    27

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  3. The Journal of Private Equity

    72 publications · 2K citations

    24

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  4. Review of Financial Studies

    26 publications · 5.5K citations

    24

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  5. The Journal of Finance

    26 publications · 16.1K citations

    24

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See also

Private Equity

Value Creation

Investment Strategies

Exit Routes

Deal Structures

Performance Metrics