We examine the impact of international venture capital investors on private firm success spanning 81 countries over the years 1995-2010. The data examined indicate that, relative to deals in which the investor base is purely domestic, private firms that have an international investor base have a...

We introduce the topic of this special issue on the “Role of Financial and Legal Institutions in International Governance”, with a particular emphasis on a notion of “international mobility of corporate governance”. Our discussion places the special issue at the intersection of law,...

Using a newly assembled dataset of 45,220 firms across 46 countries spanning the years 1996-2007, we find incongruent effects of regulation across firm size. We find that public enforcement facilitates small firm security issuance while private enforcement benefits large firms more than small...

Using a newly assembled dataset of 45,220 firms across 46 countries spanning the years 1996-2007, we find incongruent effects of regulation across firm size. We find that public enforcement facilitates small firm security issuance while private enforcement benefits large firms more than small...

Using a newly-assembled dataset of 45,220 firms across 46 countries spanning the years 1996-2007, we find incongruent effects of regulation across firm size. We find that public enforcement facilitates small firm security issuance, while private enforcement benefits large firms more than small...

This paper empirically examines the interaction between entrepreneurial plaintiff firm litigation and venture capital (VC). The data indicate that, relative to non-plaintiffs, firms that litigate prior to [after] obtaining VC (1) receive financing from less [more] reputable venture capitalists...