Ulf Axelson

London School of Economics

United Kingdom

Swedish Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)

Drottninggatan 89

SE-113 59 Stockholm, SE-113 60

Sweden

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Why are Buyouts Levered? The Financial Structure of Private Equity Funds

Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2008-15; Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2008-03-014, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 12 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2008
Ulf Axelson, Per Strömberg and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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LBO funds, Capital Structure, Private Equity, Ex Ante Financing, Ex Post Financing, Incentives in Private Equity

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Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts

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Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2018
Ulf Axelson, Tim Jenkinson, Per Strömberg and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Swedish House of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Private Equity, Capital Structure, Buyouts, Credit Cycles

Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts

NBER Working Paper No. w15952
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 03 May 2010 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Ulf Axelson, Tim Jenkinson, Per Strömberg and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Swedish House of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 329/2012
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 27 Apr 2010
Ulf Axelson, Tim Jenkinson, Per Strömberg and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Swedish House of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Private Equity, Capital Structure, Buyouts, Credit Cycles

Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8914
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Apr 2012
Ulf Axelson, Tim Jenkinson, Per Strömberg and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Swedish House of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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capital structure, credit cycles, leveraged buyouts, Private equity

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Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts: An Empirical Analysis*

Swedish Institute for Financial Research Conference on The Economics of the Private Equity Market
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Nov 2007
Ulf Axelson, Tim Jenkinson, Michael S. Weisbach and Per Strömberg
London School of Economics, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Swedish House of Finance
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Private equity, capital structure, buyouts

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Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts: An Empirical Analysis

EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Ulf Axelson, Per Strömberg, Tim Jenkinson and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance, University of Oxford - Said Business School and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Private equity, capital structure, leveraged buyouts

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The Financing of Large Buyouts: An Empirical Analysis

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Mar 2007
Ulf Axelson, Tim Jenkinson, Per Strömberg and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Swedish House of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Private equity, capital structure, buyouts

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Wall Street Occupations: An Equilibrium Theory of Overpaid Jobs

EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2012
Ulf Axelson and Philip Bond
London School of Economics and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Investment Banking, Compensation Contracts

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Security Design with Investor Private Information

Journal of Finance, Vol. 62, No. 6, 2007
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 May 2002 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2012
Ulf Axelson
London School of Economics
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Security Design, Capital Structure

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Liquidity and Manipulation of Executive Compensation Schemes

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Liquidity and Manipulation of Executive Compensation Schemes

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 06 May 2011
Ulf Axelson and Sandeep Baliga
London School of Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Executive Compensation, Earnings Manipulation, Transparency

Liquidity and Manipulation of Executive Compensation Schemes

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 10, pp. 3907-3939, 2009
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2012
Ulf Axelson and Sandeep Baliga
London School of Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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G34, J33

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Why are Buyouts Levered: The Financial Structure of Private Equity Funds

NBER Working Paper No. w12826
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2022
Michael S. Weisbach, Ulf Axelson and Per Strömberg
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, London School of Economics and Swedish House of Finance
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Why are Buyouts Leveraged? The Financial Structure of Private Equity Firms

CEPR Discussion Paper No.DP6133
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 May 2008
Ulf Axelson, Per Strömberg and Michael S. Weisbach
London School of Economics, Swedish House of Finance and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Capital structure, leveraged buyouts, private equity