Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129039 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
WIFO Working Papers No. 490
Publisher: 
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
Abstract: 
Schumpeter's relation to venture finance constitutes a fascinating yet so far unacknowledged chapter of his biography and financial history. Presenting new historical evidence and pointing out connections that have so far escaped attention, we first discuss Schumpeter's venture theory of money and banking, then his personal history as a broke investor in Vienna, and finally his influence on the emerging venture industry during his later years at Harvard. We show how the theoretical vision inspired his failed effort as a venture investor in the 1920s, and provided a powerful intellectual frame for the later development of venture finance in the 1940s.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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