Press Release
Financialization
Article
Private Equity Funds’ Claims of Strong Performance Are Based on a Mirage
Investors should not be fooled by the myth that private equity investments provided outsized returns over the last 13 years.
Report
Trends in Real Estate Investment Trust Ownership of US Health Care Properties
Policy makers and health care operators should ensure that the REIT business model is compatible with long-term priorities in health care delivery.
Issue Brief
Comment Letter in Response to the FTC and DOJ’s Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF), joined by the Center for Economic Policy and Research, and United for Respect, sent a comment letter responding to the FTC and DOJ’s request for information on merger enforcement.
Issue Brief
Letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Proposal to Examine Private Equity
Letter from economist Eileen Appelbaum and Jeffrey Hooke, senior finance lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.
Report
Hospital Ownership and Financial Stability: A Matched Case Comparison of a Non-Profit and Private Equity Owned Health System
In this paper, we explore the importance of different hospital system ownership structures by comparing a non-profit system and a PE owned one
Article
Envision Healthcare Hits the Skids
Backed into a corner financially, the private equity–owned physician staffing company could put doctors and patients at risk.
Report
Working Paper: Financialization in Health Care: The Transformation of US Hospital Systems
This paper examines the process of financialization as it has emerged in the healthcare sector, with particular attention to hospital systems.
Article
Private Equity in Healthcare: Profits Before Patients and Workers
The time is ripe for Congressional action to curb wealth extraction from our healthcare system.
Report
Literature Review: Monopsony, Employer Consolidation, and Health Care Labor Markets
This literature review summarizes relevant parameters and techniques for measuring the extent of labor market monopsony and discusses estimates of the earnings effects of monopsony, with particular attention paid to employer concentration (or consolidatio
