Buy local? The geography of venture capital

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-102

  Chen, Henry ^a   Gompers, Paul ^b   Kovner, Anna ^c   Lerner, Josh ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Localization; Performance measurement; Private equity; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449646168     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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