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Private Equity, Buy-outs, and Insolvency Risk. Research Paper No 8.

Published: 2 July 2013

Private Equity restructuring using debt has been criticised for increasing financial distress and bankruptcy. This paper compares the insolvency hazard of various buy-out types within the corporate population and investigates the risk profile of the companies pre-buyout.

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