Beschreibung

Private equity experienced dramatic fluctuations in investment activity in line with the turbulences of financial markets in recent years. Claudia Sommer develops a theoretical framework of factors driving private equity investment activity and the resulting performance implications. Using a data set of more than 40, 000 European transactions, she applies a variety of econometrical approaches and shows how neoclassical aspects, information asymmetries, agency conflicts, and market timing contribute to the dynamics in the private equity market. In a performance analysis of more than 1, 300 European funds she reveals the resulting performance implications.

Inhaltsangabe

Review of economic and business literature on private equity in Europe.- Development of a theoretical framework on private equity investment cycles.- Analysis of factors driving private equity investment activity on aggregate and industry level.- Analysis of the performance implications of investment cycles.- Practical implications, summary and conclusion.

Klappentext

Private Equity experienced dramatic flutuations in investment activity in line with the turbulences of financial markets in recent years. Claudia Sommer develops a theoretical framework of factors driving private equity investment activity and the resulting performance implications. Using a data set of more than 40, 000 European transations between 1990 and 2009 she applies a variety of econometrial approaches and shows how neoclassical aspects, information asymmetries, agency conflicts, and market timing contribute to the dynamics in the private equity market. In a performance analysis of more than 1, 300 European private equity funds, she reveals how fund performance is linked to investment activity.