1 Table of Contents: “... funds -- Construction of data set and variables -- Choice of portfolio strategies by private equity...”

2 Table of Contents: “...Objectives and minimum return requirements of private equity firms -- Success measures and decision...”

3 Table of Contents: “... Equity Firms?...”

4 Table of Contents: “... of the Leveraged Buyout Segment -- Diversification in Private Equity -- Comparison of Private Equity Firms...”

5 “.... that certain characteristics of a Private Equity firm and its investment professionals as well as a firm...”

6 Table of Contents: “... the World; April Knill.-  3 Do private equity firms respond better to financial distress than PLCs?; Robert...”

7 “... and private equity firms, as well as policymakers at central banks and government institutions involved...”

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