Informed capital is a crucial ingredient to a well-functioning market for start-up finance, especially in times of difficult market conditions. For bank-based systems, the question regarding which investors actually supply informed capital has not yet been answered. To fill this gap, we conduct...

Der „gute Ruf“ eines Kreditinstituts ist für das Bankgeschäft ökonomisch bedeutend. Andreas G. Wolf analysiert in diesem Buch Reputationsrisiken von Banken. Der Zusammenhang zwischen Absatzchancen und Unternehmensreputation wird am Beispiel eines großen deutschen...

This paper proposes and analyses a model of start-up investment. Innovative entrepreneurs are commercially inexperienced and can benefit from venture capital support. Only part of them succeed in matching with a venture capitalist while the rest must resort to standard bank finance. We consider...