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Leveraged Buyouts: Case Studies of Selected Leveraged Buyouts

GGD-91-107 Published: Sep 16, 1991. Publicly Released: Sep 16, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the effects of leveraged buyouts (LBO) and hostile business takeovers, focusing on: (1) what happened to companies that had been taken over through LBO; (2) how those companies have performed since the takeover; and (3) the effect on communities.

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