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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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
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THE EFFECTS OF FUTURES TRADING BY LARGE HEDGE FUNDS AND CTAS ON MARKET VOLATILITY [PDF]
This study uses the newly available data from the CFTC to investigate the market impact of futures trading by large hedge funds and CTAs. Regression results show that there is a positive relationship between the trading volume of large hedge funds and ...
Holt, Bryce R., Irwin, Scott H.
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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The Determinants of Private Fixed Investment and the Relationship between Public and Private Capital Accumulation in Turkey [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to analyse the determinants of private fixed investment spending in Turkey over the period 1970–96, which covers years of both financial repression and financial liberalisation.
Krishna Rao Akkina, Mehmet Ali Celebi
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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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Vietnam : une transformation rapide de l’enseignement supérieur
Revue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 2015 Ly Pham
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Are Donor-Advised Funds Facilitating Opaque Giving to Politically Engaged Charities?
Nonprofit Policy ForumDonor-advised funds are a prominent and rapidly growing charitable giving vehicle. There is substantial information about the money flowing into them, but we know relatively little about what they ultimately support, and anecdotal news stories have ...
Flannery Helen, Mittendorf Brian
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The Basic Public Finance of Public-Private Partnerships [PDF]
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) cannot be justified because they free public funds. When PPPs are desirable because the private sector is more efficient, the contract that optimally trades demand risk, user-fee distortions and the opportunity cost of ...
Alexander Galetovic +2 more
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Fees, Fees and More Fees: How Private Equity Abuses its Limited Partners and U.S. Taxpayers [PDF]
, 2016 The private equity industry receives billions of dollars in income each year from a variety of fees that it collects from investors as well as from companies it buys with investors' money.
Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt
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