We examine how investor-level tax incentives affect financing for start-ups using the introduction of a generous tax deduction for qualified angel and VC investment in China as a quasi-natural experiment. We find that the tax incentive increases funding for eligible start-ups, with stronger...

We use a comprehensive database of venture-capital-backed companies from China to test whether and how foreign venture capitalists (VCs) can facilitate international initial public offerings (IPOs) of entrepreneurial companies. Foreign VCs increase the likelihood that a portfolio company lists...

This study investigates the determinants of venture capital (VC) performance in China. We focus on the impact of VC reputation, political connections, and managing partner/founder's experience on the performance of domestic and foreign VC investments. After controlling for VC age, portfolio firm...

Venture capital is certainly important to a country in that it finances entrepreneurship and innovation. In recent years, secondary markets for private shares have emerged as an important node in the VC cycle by both facilitating interim liquidity for non-listed firms and providing external...

We examine the effects of venture capital (VC) investment on the performance (measured by return on assets, return on equity, and Tobin's Q) and growth (measured by growth of total sales and total number of employees) of entrepreneurial firms in the People's Republic of China (PRC) after an...

This study investigates venture capital (VC) reputation impact on the pre-IPO performance of the entrepreneurial firms backed by three kinds of VCs. This study employs backward stepwise regression models following prior theoretical frameworks to examine the research question. Based on a database...

This paper studies how investing in venture capital (VC) affects the entrepreneurial outcomes of individual limited partners (LPs). Using comprehensive administrative data on entrepreneurial activities and VC fundraising and investments in China, we first document that individual LPs, on...

Based on the analyses of the relevant Chinese laws and regulations governing the corporate governance structure of VC-invested firms, as well as the discussions over the feasibilities of employing a set of different alternatives to make direct and indirect VC investments in Chinese portfolio...

China’s venture capital (VC) market features significant government ownership of VCs. We examine the impact of government-owned VCs on the exit success of entrepreneurial firms. We distinguish between types of government VC according to the degree of government ownership (whole versus partial)...

We examine the impact of mixed ownership on the performance of venture capital (VC) firms in China. We use successful/unsuccessful exits from VC-financed entrepreneurial companies and number of patent applications by VC-financed companies as proxies for VC firms’ performance. Consistent with...