Venture capital and the structure of capital markets: Banks versus stock markets

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-277

  Black, Bernard S ^a   Gilson, Ronald J ^a,b  

^a Columbia University School of Law ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative corporate governance; Exit Strategy; G23; G32; IPO; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000577806     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(97)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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