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The Economics of PIPEs

Private placements of equity, commonly referred to as “PIPEs,” are an important source of financing for many public corporations. According to PrivateRaise, a leading database on PIPE transactions, between 2001 and 2015, there were 11,296 private placements of common stock by U.S. listed firms that raised $243.9 billion. Firms raising…

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Measuring Institutional Investors’ Skill at Making Private Equity Investments

Institutional investors have become the most important investors in the U.S. economy, controlling more than 70% of the publicly traded equity, much of the debt, and virtually all of the private equity. Their investment decisions have far reaching consequences for their beneficiaries:  universities’ spending decisions, pension plan funding levels and…

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Fewer and Less Skilled? Human Capital, Competition, and Entrepreneurial Success in Manufacturing

Young firms are considered to be the engines of growth and dynamism in an economy and the United States has long been considered to be a nation of entrepreneurs with the best institutions for young firms to flourish. Recently however, there has been mounting anecdotal evidence and academic research to…

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