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Private Equity Investments [electronic resource] : Drivers and Performance Implications of Investment Cycles / by Claudia Sommer.

By: Sommer, Claudia [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Schriften zum europäischen Management: Publisher: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler, 2013Description: XXVIII, 301 p. 25 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783658002343.Subject(s): Economics | Economics/Management Science | Finance/Investment/BankingDDC classification: 657.8333 | 658.152 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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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.

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.

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