Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17744
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1200
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the link between venture capitalists' sources of funds, such as banks and pension funds, and the specialization pattern of venture capital investments in particular industries and particular stages of enterprises' development. Based on a panel data set of Western European countries, the results of the analysis show that sources of funds and investment specialization patterns are linked. For example, the specialization in the early stage of enterprises' development depends positively on the importance of pension funds and negatively on the importance of banks as sources of funds. These results reject models that assume independence of sources of funds and investment patterns.
Subjects: 
sources of funds
venture capital
Europe
panel data
JEL: 
G32
G24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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