The causes and consequences of venture capital stage financing

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-159

  Tian, Xuan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hold up; Learning; Monitoring; Stage financing; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956148566     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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