There's no need to be a pioneer in emerging private equity markets |
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Affiliation: | 1. Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK;2. Higher School of Economics, National Research University, 38 Studencheskaya St., Perm, Russia;3. Department of Economics, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus;1. Toulouse School of Economics, University of Toulouse-Capitole, France;2. Department of Finance, HEC Paris, France;3. Department of Finance, Arizona State University, USA;4. ECGI, France |
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Abstract: | There is currently considerable enthusiasm for emerging private equity markets, where investors believe they have access to “untapped deal flow”. Early entry may allow them to capitalize on exceptional growth opportunities; however, the pioneering investors enter immature capital markets and have no local transaction experience. This may outweigh the potential benefits of low deal-flow competition and expected growth. We address this potential drawback by analyzing a unique, hand-collected dataset of emerging private equity market transactions. We refer to 1157 deals in 86 host countries between 1973 and 2009, and find that early transactions underperform later deals. The evidence presented is robust and consistent with the improvement in the deal-making environment over time and the benefits of learning how to conduct emerging market private equity deals. The learning benefits are stronger if investors are located in the same country as the investee firm. |
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