Leveraged buyouts and financial distress
Brian Ayash and
Mahdi Rastad
Finance Research Letters, 2021, vol. 38, issue C
Abstract:
Do leveraged buyout transactions increase the chance of bankruptcy? While corporate finance theory predicts that such sharp changes in capital structure increase financial distress costs by raising the probability of bankruptcy, previous studies fail to measure the effect. In this letter, we provide evidence that is consistent with the prediction of the theory. Tracking a sample of 484 leveraged buyouts and propensity score matched control firms for 10 years, we find that these transaction increase the probability of bankruptcy for the target firm by approximately 18%.
Keywords: Leveraged buyouts; Private equity; Financial distress; Bankruptcy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G32 G33 G34 G38 J08 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2020.101452
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