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David T. Robinson

James and Gail Vander Weide Distinguished Professor
Fuqua School of Business
Box 90120, 100 Fuqua Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0120
W403 Academic Center, Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Scholarly editions


Firm Age, Investment Opportunities, and Job Creation

Scholarly edition · June 1, 2017 New firms are an important source of job creation, but the underlying economic mechanisms for why this is so are not well understood. Using an identification strategy that links shocks to local income to job creation in the nontradable sector, we ask wheth ... Full text Cite

Cyclicality, performance measurement, and cash flow liquidity in private equity

Scholarly edition · December 1, 2016 We study the liquidity properties of private equity cash flows using data from 837 buyout and venture capital funds from 1984 to 2010. Most cash flow variation at a point in time is diversifiable — either idiosyncratic to a given fund or explained by the f ... Full text Cite

Do private equity fund managers earn their fees? Compensation, ownership, and cash flow performance

Scholarly edition · November 1, 2013 We study the relations between management contract terms and performance in private equity using new data for 837 funds from 1984-2010. We find no evidence that higher fees or lower managerial ownership are associated with lower net-of-fee performance. Nev ... Full text Cite

Private Equity in the 21st Century: Cash Flows, Performance, and Contract Terms from 1984-2010

Scholarly edition Using detailed quarterly cash flow data for a large sample of private equity funds from 1984-2010, we examine cross-sectional and time-series cash flow performance of private equity funds across a range of asset classes, including venture capital, buyout, ... Cite