We analyze the effect of state subsidies on early stage investments. In a two-period investment model with incomplete stage financing contracts, we describe optimal and second-best investment levels. Optimality depends on external effects: given that private early stage financing generates...

This paper studies the factors influencing the capital structure of Belgian corporate finance since 1984. Using three different datasets, aggregate balance sheets, aggregate flows of funds and a large panel of individual firms followed up during 10 years, we are able to give some empirical...

This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...

This paper reviews the empirical evidence of the financial sources used by technology-based small firms (TBSFs) in Europe. We shed light on cross-country differences and similarities in the capital structures of TBSFs, in the organization and dynamics of the venture capital industries and...

This paper examines the impact of capital structure on the optimality of contingent financial contracts. The role of financial relationships is not only to provide funds but also to offer insurance to a risk adverse entrepreneur through contingent financial transfers. Since such financial...

Ensuring stable growth in the postcrisis world economy will require a rebalancing of economic activity in several countries. In Asia’s export-dependent economies, this entails relying more on private domestic demand as a driver of growth. While some countries need to raise consumption,...

Denne rapport fremlægger resultaterne fra en spørgeskemaundersøgelse af det danske venture capital marked foretaget februar/marts 2001. Formålet med undersøgelsen er at tilvejebringe en række grundlæggende data, som har vist sig brugbare i andre lande, men som synes at mangle i Danmark....

We consider a model of external financing under ex ante asymmetric information and profit manipulation (non verifability). Contrary to conventional wisdom, the optimal contract is not standard debt, and it is not monotonic. Instead, it resembles a contingent convertible (CoCo) bond. In...

Fair value depends on an estimate of the both cash flow and risk, which is not an easy task when valuing startup firms. We present a measurement instrument for the future risk of small and risky firms that follows the major propositions in accounting and finance. It differs from other valuation...