Private Equity: The Leveraged Buyout Model Revisited with a Dash of Clustering

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dc.contributor.authorSchrum, Janice
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Jamesen_US
dc.dateOctober 2007en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-02T14:38:15Z
dc.date.available2018-11-02T14:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2007-10-1
dc.description.abstractDuring 2006-2007, investments in private equity firms fueled a marked acceleration in corporate merger and acquisition activity. Fueled by opportunistic equity investors and a willing debt market, acquisitions of thousands of public and private companies were announced during this period of time. Observers of this increased activity drew parallels between the private equity surge of 2006-2007 and the leveraged buyout boom of the 1980s. This paper accomplishes several related goals. First, it analyzes the private equity acquisition model and calculates key financial characteristics of private equity acquisition targets related to size, growth, and liquidity. (The target analyses are limited to acquisitions of publicly traded companies.) The outputs of these analyses are compared to prior research on leveraged buyout targets from the 1980s. Striking similarities of today's private equity driven acquisitions and the 1980 leveraged buyout market are noted. Second, this paper examines the existence of "clubbing" in today's private equity driven acquisition market. This "clubbing" activity involves the teaming up of competing private equity firms in order to complete acquisitions. Recently, federal authorities have begun to evaluate the potential anticompetitive consequences of this "clubbing" activity. the paper draws upon published research on "clubbing", clustering, and cartels when evaluating the impact of "clubbing" on the private equity merger and acquisition market.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKaw Valley Banken_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.otherSchool of Business Working Paper Series; No. 91en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10425/231
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWashburn University. School of Businessen_US
dc.subjectClubbingen_US
dc.subjectCorporate governanceen_US
dc.subjectCorporate mergersen_US
dc.subjectMergersen_US
dc.subjectPrivate equityen_US
dc.subjectRestructuringen_US
dc.titlePrivate Equity: The Leveraged Buyout Model Revisited with a Dash of Clusteringen_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US
washburn.identifier.cdm162en_US
washburn.identifier.oclc235273247en_US
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