The cash flow, return and risk characteristics of private equity [PDF]
Using a unique dataset of private equity funds over the last two decades, this paper analyzes the cash flow, return, and risk characteristics of private equity.
Alexander Ljungqvist, Matthew Richardson
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Private equity and infrastructure funds in public services and utilities [PDF]
, 2006 This paper discusses the extent and implications of the growth of private equity companies in public service and utility companies in ...
Hall, David
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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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Assessing Photovoltaic Recycling Capacities and Policy Gaps in the European Union
Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.This study maps photovoltaic recycling capacity in the EU and key global regions, highlighting gaps between growing waste volumes and available infrastructure. It combines survey insights and policy analysis to identify recycling bottlenecks and offers recommendations to boost circularity in the solar sector.
Nieves Espinosa +3 more
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The Role of Superannuation in the Financial Sector and in Aggregate Saving: A Review of Recent Trends [PDF]
Assets with superannuation funds represented the fastest growing of the major components of household wealth during the 1980s. This paper reviews the causes of that growth, and its effects on private saving and on the pattern of financial intermediation.
Ian Macfarlane +2 more
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IPO Ready? Illuminating the Dark Box of Private Equity [PDF]
, 2017 The use of public equity data can help combat the challenges private equity funds currently face regarding data availability. The goal is to create a model to provide guidance to both investors and entrepreneurs in the decision-making process.
Cornellier, Tyler Gregory
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Generative Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Agri‐Food Innovation
AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Emerging use cases of generative artificial intelligence in agri‐food innovation. ABSTRACT The recent surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI), typified by models such as GPT, diffusion models, and large vision‐language architectures, has begun to influence the agri‐food sector.
Jun‐Li Xu +2 more
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Fiscal decentralisation, private school funding, and students’ achievements. A tale from two roman catholic countries [PDF]
The objective of the paper is to study the disciplining role of both market forces and regional governments own resources in the provision of educational services.
Daniel Montolio +2 more
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Giving Out Globally: A Resource Guide of Funding Mechanisms to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights in the Global South and East [PDF]
, 2009 Provides an overview of funding vehicles, such as Northern groups working in the global South and East, intermediaries, direct cross-border grantmaking, private foundations, and donor-advised funds.
Julie Dorf
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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