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Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in BuyoutsUlf AxelsonLondon School of Economics; Swedish Institute for Financial Research (SIFR) Tim JenkinsonUniversity of Oxford - Said Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Per StrömbergStockholm School of Economics; University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Finance Michael S. WeisbachOhio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) October 10, 2012 Journal of Finance, Forthcoming Abstract: Private equity funds pay particular attention to capital structure when executing leveraged buyouts, creating an interesting setting for examining capital structure theories. Using a large, detailed, international sample of buyouts from 1980-2008, we find that buyout leverage is unrelated to the cross-sectional factors – suggested by traditional capital structure theories – that drive public firm leverage. Instead, variation in economy-wide credit conditions is the main determinant of leverage in buyouts, while having little impact on public firms. Higher deal leverage is associated with higher transaction prices and lower buyout fund returns, suggesting that acquirers overpay when access to credit is easier.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 66 Keywords: Private Equity, Capital Structure, Buyouts, Credit Cycles JEL Classification: G32, G34 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: April 27, 2010 ; Last revised: October 12, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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