Nick Wilson

University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre

Chair in Credit Management, Director of the Credit Management Research Centre

Leeds LS2 9JT

United Kingdom

University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance

Professor of Credit Risk and Finance

Leeds LS2 9JT

United Kingdom

University of Leeds - Faculty of Business

Leeds LS2 9JT

United Kingdom

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1.

The Value of Non-Financial Information in SME Risk Management

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2014
Edward I. Altman, Gabriele Sabato and Nick Wilson
New York University (NYU) - Salomon Center, Wiserfunding and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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SME lending, Credit Risk Modeling, Bankruptcy, Small Business failure

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Director Characteristics, Gender Balance and Insolvency Risk: An Empirical Study

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Director Characteristics, Gender Balance and Insolvency Risk: An Empirical Study

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Nick Wilson and Ali Altanlar
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Board Diversity, Gender, Insolvency Risk

Director Characteristics, Gender Balance and Insolvency Risk: An Empirical Study

Posted: 05 Jun 2009
Nick Wilson and Ali Altanlar
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre

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The performance of private equity portfolio companies during the COVID-19 pandemic *

Journal of Corporate Finance, volume 89, 2024 [10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2024.102641]
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2024
Paul Lavery and Nick Wilson
Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Private equity buyouts, firm performance, COVID-19 pandemic. JEL Classification: G01, G23, G32, G34

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Private Equity Buyouts and Portfolio Company Performance Post-exit

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 23-02
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 11 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2023
Paul Lavery and Nick Wilson
Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Private equity buyouts, firm performance, long-run growth, insolvency

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Audit Fees, Auditor Switching and Competition in the UK Auditor Market: An Analysis of UK Companies (1998-2012)

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 15-02
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 20 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2015
Marek Kacer and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Private Equity, Buy-Outs and Insolvency Risk

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 24 Jun 2011
Nick Wilson and Mike Wright
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Nottingham University Business School
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Private Equity, Management Buyouts, Bankruptcy, Hazard Model

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The Evolution of Private Equity: Corporate Restructuring in the UK, c. 1945-2010

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Sep 2012
Steve Toms, Nick Wilson and Mike Wright
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Nottingham University Business School
Downloads 301 (214,847)
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private, equity, venture capital, corporate restructuring, 3i, Slater Walker, management, buyout

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The Survival of Newly Incorporated Companies and Founding Director Characteristics

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Feb 2012
Nick Wilson and Ali Altanlar
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Business failure, firm survival, corporate insolvency, board of directors, social and human capital, new ventures

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Understanding Regional Variations in Equity and Growth Finance: An Analysis of the Demand and Supply of Equity Finance in the UK Regions

Number of pages: 182 Posted: 12 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2019
Nick Wilson, Marek Kacer and Mike Wright
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) and Imperial College London
Downloads 248 (262,044)
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Entrepreneurial Finance, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Market Failure

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Private equity financing & firm productivity

The Productivity Institute Working Paper No. 041
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2024
Paul Lavery, John D. Tsoukalas and Nick Wilson
Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow - Department of Economics and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Private equity buyouts; productivity; investment; firm growth

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Private Equity Targets and Post Investment Performance: A Study of the Corporate Sector in the North and Regions

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 17-02
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2017
Nick Wilson and Mike Wright
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Imperial College London
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Private Equity, Performance, Targets

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Trade Credit and Monetary Policy in the UK: An Empirical Investigation

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2022
Nick Wilson and Tung Le
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Independent
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Trade Credit, Monetary Policy, Meltzer's redistribution hypothesis

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The Impact of Venture Capital Holding on the Firms Life-cycle: Evidence from IPO Firms

Proceedings of Paris December 2020 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Oct 2020
Shima Amini, Abdul Mohamed, Armin Schwienbacher and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, SKEMA Business School and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
Downloads 200 (322,111)
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Trade Credit in the UK Economy (1998–2012): An Exploratory Analysis of Company Accounts

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Sep 2014
Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Trade Credit, Corporate Finance, SME

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The Impact of Financial and Product Market Innovation on the Nature of Entrepreneurship: A Historical Perspective

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 17-03
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Apr 2016
Steve Toms, Nick Wilson and Mike Wright
University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Nottingham University Business School
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Entrepreneurship, innovation, finance, British industrial revolution, management buyouts, credit institutions, lending

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Supporting Innovative Start-Up and Growing Businesses: Equity Finance Provision through the Pandemic: Interim Report

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 May 2023 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2023
Marek Kacer and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Equity Finance, Venture Capital, SME Finance

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Private equity ownership and entrepreneurial firms’ crash risk

Leeds University Business School
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2025
Shima Amini, Abdul Mohamed, Armin Schwienbacher and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, SKEMA Business School and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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IPO, Private Equity, Crash Risk, Ownership, CEO

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Equity Finance for Start-up and Growing Businesses: Recent Trends

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Equity Finance for Start-up and Growing Businesses: Recent Trends

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Dec 2023
Nick Wilson and Marek Kacer
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC)
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Equity finance

Equity Finance for Start-up and Growing Businesses: Recent Trends

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Mar 2024
Marek Kacer and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Venture capital, Equity Finance, High growth firms

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The Initial Discount for New Audit Engagements: Case of UK 1998-2012

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 16-03
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 16 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 27 May 2016
Marek Kacer and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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auditing; auditor change; initial discounts; low-balling; price recovery

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Listed Family Firms: Industrial and Geographical Context, Governance and Performance

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Feb 2012
Louise Scholes, Nick Wilson, Mike Wright and Hannah Noke
Loughborough University London, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, Nottingham University Business School and Nottingham University Business School
Downloads 136 (448,862)
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family firm, listed, governance, performance

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The Survival of Newly Incorporated Companies and the Impact of Founding Director Characteristics

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Sep 2011
Nick Wilson and Ali Altanlar
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Business failure, firm survival, corporate insolvency, board of directors, social and human capital, new ventures

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UK Family Businesses: Industrial and Geographic Context, Governance and Performance

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Feb 2012
Louise Scholes, Nick Wilson, Mike Wright, Hannah Noke and Ali Altanar
Loughborough University London, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham University Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Family, Non-Family, Governance, Performance

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Are Measures of an Audit Firm's Competitive Position in Local Markets Robust?

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Jul 2020
Marek Kacer, Alan J. Duboisée de Ricquebourg, Michael J. Peel and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC), University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Audit pricing, Competition measures, Endogenous variables, Mathematical coupling

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Audit Market Measures in Audit Pricing Studies: The Issue of Mechanical Correlation

Forthcoming: European Accounting Review , Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 May 2023 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2023
Marek Kacer, Alan J. Duboisée de Ricquebourg, Michael J. Peel and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC), University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Audit pricing, Competition measures, Endogeneity, Mechanical correlation, Mathematical coupling, Proxy variables, Simulations.

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Creative Destruction in a Crisis: Analysis of Covid Loan Schemes and Company Insolvency

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2024
Nick Wilson, Marek Kacer and Marc Cowling
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) and Oxford Brookes University
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Government Financing Mechanism for SMEs Through Convertible Loans: The Case of the UK Future Fund

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jan 2024
Marek Kacer, Abdul Mohamed, Armin Schwienbacher and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC), University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, SKEMA Business School and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, government programs, convertible loans

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The Impact of Private Equity on Exporting Activity

Wilson, N. and Lavery, P. (2022) The Impact of Private Equity on Exporting Activity. In: Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity. Palgrave. (Accepted for Publication)
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 09 Oct 2022
Nick Wilson and Paul Lavery
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
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Portfolio company performance; Exporting; Internationalisation

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Entrepreneurial Finance and the Survival of Equity Funded Firms in Crisis Periods:  The Case of Covid-19.

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 23 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Marek Kacer, Nick Wilson, Sana ZOUARI and Marc Cowling
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC), University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, Leeds University Business School and Oxford Brookes University
Downloads 37 (941,885)
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COVID-19, Entrepreneurial Firms, Bankruptcy, Government Interventions, Equity investors

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The Demand for Loan Guarantees in the UK 1981-2018: Time Series Analysis

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Nov 2023
Marc Cowling, Marek Kacer and Nick Wilson
Oxford Brookes University, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC) and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Loan Schemes, SME Finance, Policy, Time Series

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Exit Routes, Investor Type, and the COVID-19 Crisis: Insights from UK Equity-Funded Companies

Leeds University Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 20 May 2024
Marek Kacer, Nick Wilson and Sana ZOUARI
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC), University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Leeds University Business School
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equity funded companies, investor type, industry sector, exit strategy, Covid-19 crisis

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How Does a Small Firm End Up with a More Expensive Loan Guarantee When a Cheaper and Safer One Was on Offer? The Intriguing Case of Two UK Covid-19 Guarantee Schemes

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Mar 2024
Marc Cowling, Nick Wilson and Wexi Liu
Oxford Brookes University, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and University of Bath - School of Management
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Loan Guarantees, COVID-19, Small Firms, Loan Contracts, Loan Default

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Ethnic and Gender Diversity: An Exploratory Analysis of UK Directorships

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2024
Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre
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Directors, Diversity, Ethnic, Gender

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Defaults on Government Guaranteed Loans by Potential High Growth Firms: Evidence from the Covid-19 Period

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 31 Jul 2024
Marek Kacer, Nick Wilson and Sana ZOUARI
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC), University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Leeds University Business School
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guaranteed loan, equity-funded companies, loan default, lender type, investor type, COVID-19 crisis

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On the Persistence and Dynamics of Big 4 Real Audit Fees: Evidence from the UK

Posted: 29 Dec 2016
Marek Kacer, David A. Peel, Michael J. Peel and Nick Wilson
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC), Lancaster University - Lancaster University Management School, Cardiff University - Cardiff Business School and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre

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real audit fees, big 4, partial adjustment, persistence, adjustment speed, dynamic panel estimates, listed and unlisted companies

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'Creation and Destruction' in Transition Economies: SME Sector in Slovakia

Posted: 05 Oct 2014
Nick Wilson, Pavol Ochotnicky and Marek Kacer
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, University of Economics in Bratislava and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC)

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Risk Modelling, Bankruptcy, Small Business failure, Transition Reform, Transition Recession.

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Sovereign Credit Rating and the New EU Member States

Posted: 10 Jul 2013
Nick Wilson, Pavol Ochotnicky and Marek Kacer
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, University of Economics in Bratislava and University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre (CMRC)

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sovereign credit rating, rating agencies, new members of European Union, random effects

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A Convenient Truth: Private Equity and Portfolio Company Growth

Posted: 09 Jul 2013
Nick Wilson and Mike Wright
University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre and Imperial College London

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Private Equity, Growth, Performance

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The Effect of Internationalization on Modeling Credit Risk for SMEs: Evidence from UK Market

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Vol. 31, 2014
Posted: 14 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2014
Jairaj Gupta, Nick Wilson, Andros Gregoriou and Jerome Healy
University of York, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, University of Brighton and Hull University Business School (HUBS)

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Credit Risk Modeling, Bankruptcy, Corporate Failure, SME, Small and Medium Enterprises, Internationalization

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The Value of Operating Cash Flow in Modeling Credit Risk for SMEs

Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 24, No. 9, 2014
Posted: 25 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2014
Jairaj Gupta, Nick Wilson, Andros Gregoriou and Jerome Healy
University of York, University of Leeds - Credit Management Research Centre, University of Brighton and Hull University Business School (HUBS)

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Credit Risk Modeling, Bankruptcy, Corporate Failure, SME, Small and Medium Enterprises