Intro -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Objectives and Structure -- 2. Fundamentals of a Due Diligence Analysis -- 3. Commercial Due Diligence -- 3.1 Theoretical Background of Property Cycles -- 3.2 Location Profile -- 3.3 Public Housing Sector -- 3.4 Private Housing Sector -- 3.4.1...

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Our study provides new evidence on due diligence (DD) and its impact on investee performance. We estimate the economic value of due diligence (DD) in the context of private equity (PE) by investigating the relationship between DD and investee performance, while controlling for endogeneity. With...

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We estimate the economic value of due diligence (DD) in the context of private equity by investigating the relationship between DD and investee performance, while controlling for endogeneity. With the adoption of a novel dataset, we find evidence highly consistent with the view that a thorough...