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Econ Focus

Fall 2005

Minds Matter

Early childhood education meets economic development
By Betty Joyce Nash

Related Links

American Enterprise Institute. "The History, Impact, and Future of Private Equity: Ownership, Governance, and Firm Performance." November 27-28, 2007.

Fenn, George W., Nellie Liang, and Stephen Prowse. "The Economics of the Private Equity Market." Federal Reserve Board Staff Studies, December 1995, no. 168.

Kaplan, Steve, and Antoinette Schoar. "Private Equity Performance: Returns, Persistence and Capital Flows." NBER Working Paper No. 9807, June 2003.

Jensen, Michael C. "The Eclipse of the Public Corporation." Harvard Business Review, September/October 1989.

Lerner, Josh, and Jerry Cao. "The Performance of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts." NBER Working Paper No. 12626, October 2006.

World Economic Forum. "The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity." January 28, 2008.

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David A. Price (804) 697-8018