Compares the relative importance of syndicationmotives across different types of venture capitalists. First, a discussion ofmotives for syndicating venture capital (VC) investments leads to theformulation of several hypotheses, two of which propose that the finance motiveis more important for...

Human capital and fund characteristics both impactfollow-up behavior of venture capital (VC) firms. However, little research hasexamined the relationship between human capital and fund characteristics andthe ways in which they impact follow-up activities.The conceptual issuesrelated to VC and...

This paper provides a comparative examination of the consequences of leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and corporate takeovers on employment growth and wage growth. Employing both difference‐in‐differences combined with propensity score matching and the control function approach, we find evidence...