Economic freedom and cross-border venture capital performance

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-50

  Wang, Lanfang ^a   Wang, Susheng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

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

Author keywords

Cross border VC; Economic freedom; Entrepreneurial activity; Legality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455208132     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jempfin.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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