This paper analyzes innovation races in a moral hazard setting. I develop a model where two competing entrepreneurs, financed by a single venture capitalist, work independently on the same project. The venture capitalist cannot observe the allocation of funds she provides, which creates a moral...

In this paper we measure knowledge spillovers arising from venture-capital financed companies on the patenting activities of other companies and compare them to spillovers from established firms. We develop a novel measure to to identify the appropriate spillover pool based on backward citations...

Abstract: In den letzten Jahren ist der Markt für nachhaltige Kapitalanlagen auch in Europa signifikant gewachsen. Besonders für Stiftungen können Kapitalanlagen, die nach ethischen, sozialen und ökologischen Kriterien ausgewählt werden interessant sein, weil dadurch der Stiftungszweck auch...