standard deviation
Overview page. Subjects: Science and Mathematics.
A measure of the dispersion of data in statistics. For a set of values a 1, a 2, a 3, … an , the mean m is given by (a 1 + anull...
The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking
in The Review of Financial Studies
July 2011; p ublished online April 2011 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Financial Institutions and Services; Banking; Investment Banking; Corporate Governance. 17643 words.
This article examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships on the terms of their syndicated loans. We examine a sample of 1,590 loans financing private equity sponsored...