Employee buyouts: causes, structure, and consequences1The authors appreciate the helpful comments received from Edward Rice (the referee), Clifford Smith (the editor), Tom George, N.R. Prahbala, Greg Roth, Anil Shivdasani, Neil Sicherman, Luigi Zingales, the seminar participants at Harvard University, Michigan State University, the Universities of Georgia, Pittsburgh, and South Carolina, the 1994 Financial Management Association Meeting, the 1994 Western Finance Association Meeting, the research assistance of Rohan Christie-David, Andy Saporoschenko, Tom Smythe, and Cynthia McDonald.1