Private Equity Research Consortium (PERC) Chapel Hill Symposium

Conference Date: November 5-6, 2026
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Submission Deadline: August 7, 2026

We invite submission of theoretical and empirical papers in the broad field of private equity, including, but not limited to research on buyouts, venture capital, private credit, real estate, and infrastructure. The conference is hosted in-person by the Private Equity Research Consortium (PERC) and the Institute for Private Capital (IPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Papers at all stages of completion (including work-in-progress) are invited and should be submitted any time before the deadline of August 7, 2026.  Please use the form below to submit.  Please complete a separate form for each paper you are submitting.  Questions regarding submissions can be sent to uncipc@kenan-flagler.unc.edu.

Presenters with full-time academic appointments will receive complimentary conference registration, accommodations in Chapel Hill, and will be reimbursed for reasonable economy-class advance purchase airfare.  The conference review committee consists of faculty members of the PERC advisory board:

• Prof. Gregory W. Brown, Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC at Chapel Hill
• Prof. Robert Harris, Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia
• Prof. Yael Hochberg, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University
• Prof. Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
• Prof. Steven N. Kaplan, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
• Prof. David Robinson, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

ABOUT PERC AND DATA ACCESS: Private Equity Research Consortium (PERC) is a group of scholars and industry professionals that conducts and promotes research on private equity. The core mission is to develop better understanding of how private capital investments affect both financial results and broader economic outcomes.  PERC has an exclusive arrangement with MSCI to provide access to data for academic research. The MSCI Private Capital (previously Burgiss) dataset includes over 15,000 funds with $13 trillion in assets. Data are sourced directly from limited partners and contains full performance histories of cash flows at the fund level. PERC periodically accepts applications from academic researchers for access to MSCI-Burgiss data.  The next deadline for proposal review is July 31, 2026 with a response date of August 31, 2026.  Please see http://uncipc.org/ for additional details.