Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; Phalippou, Ludovic; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We examine the determinants of private equity returns using a newly constructed database of 7,500 investments worldwide over forty years. The median investment IRR (PME) is 21% (1.3), gross of fees. One in ten investments goes bankrupt, whereas one in four has an IRR above 50%. Only one in eight...