This paper provides evidence of the broad government presence in the European venture capital industry. Two forms of intervention are considered: first, direct stand-alone government venture capital funds and, second, indirect private funds to which governments commit funds as limited partners....

"This book provides an updated view of new trends in entrepreneurial finance, with the aim of guiding academics and non-academics alike that want to gain a deeper understanding of this field. It collects recent contributions from scholars from all over the world. Each chapter provides new...

We provide large sample evidence on the causes and consequences of takeover rumors. 55.2% of non-completed M&A deals involve rumors while only 17.3% of completed deals involve them. Probit-regressions reveal that rumors are deal-breakers, reducing the likelihood of deal completion by 37-41%....

We examine an international sample of 68,044 completed, or envisaged but abandoned, M&A transactions involving unlisted targets to determine the effect of rumors on deal-closing propensity and transaction value. Our focus on non-listed targets leaves only two reasons for the emergence of M&A...

This working paper investigates the economic effects of guaranteed loans granted under the EU programmes MAP and CIP on SMEs' growth in Italy, the Benelux and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) from 2002 to 2016. In these macro-regions, the facilities supported 174,107...

This paper provides a policy-oriented summary of the econometric study commissioned by the European Court of Auditors, in the context of its audit of EU-funded loan guarantee instruments.2 The study assesses the real performance effects of EU-guaranteed loans to SMEs disbursed in France during...