Venture capital financing and the growth of high-tech start-ups: Disentangling treatment from selection effects

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1028-1043

  Bertoni, Fabio ^a   Colombo, Massimo G ^a   Grilli, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm growth; High tech start ups; Sorting and treatment effects; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENEITY; FIRM GROWTH; GMM ESTIMATORS; HIGH GROWTH; LONGITUDINAL DATA; NEW TECHNOLOGY-BASED FIRMS; PANEL-DATA MODELS; START-UPS; TIME VARYING; TREATMENT EFFECTS; VENTURE CAPITAL;

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 79961026684     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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