Author Archives: Wei Jiang

Has Post-reorg Equity Outperformed in the Last Three Decades?

By | September 17, 2021

In the US, financially distressed firms use Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to restructure their liabilities and business operations under the supervision of the bankruptcy court. Many of the Chapter 11 firms successfully reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy. Upon emergence, they often cancel old equity interest and issue new stock (i.e., post-reorg equity) to… Read More »

The Impact of Private Equity Buyouts On Productivity and Jobs

By | October 14, 2020

Over the past two decades, the role of private equity in the real economy has dramatically increased. For example, private equity-backed U.S. companies numbered approximately 4,000 in 2006, but by 2018, that figure had doubled to around 8,000. Meanwhile, the number of publicly traded firms in the United States fell by 14 percent, from 5,113… Read More »