Globalization of Alternative Investments Working Papers Volume 3


The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2010

Preface..............................................................................iii
Letter on behalf of the Advisory Board .............................. v
Executive Summary..........................................................vii
Part 1
Private Equity, Industry Performance and Cyclicality....1
I. Introduction ....................................................................3
2. Industry Performance and Private Equity .......................4
3. Data Sources and Sample Construction ........................6
4. Analysis .........................................................................7
5. Conclusions...................................................................8
References ........................................................................9
Part 2
Governments as Venture Capitalists: Striking the
Right Balance ................................................................25
I. Introduction ..................................................................27
2. Literature Review.........................................................28
3. Data Description..........................................................29
4. Analysis and Results....................................................32
5. Discussion and Interpretation.......................................36
6. Concluding Remarks ...................................................37
References ......................................................................37
About the Contributors ....................................................53
Note from the Editors ......................................................57