Capital structure in venture finance

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 550-585

  Cumming, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Financial contracting; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444440303     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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