Staged financing in venture capital: Moral hazard and risks

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-155

  Wang, Susheng ^a   Zhou, Hailan ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral hazard; Risk; Staged financing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344196718     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1199(02)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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