The regional supply of venture capital: Can syndication overcome bottlenecks?

Economic Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-76

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Schilder, Dirk ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equity gap; Geographic proximity; Startup financing; Syndication; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EQUITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84855514235     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2011.01139.x     Document Type: Article

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