Portfolio size and information disclosure: An analysis of startup accelerators

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 520-534

  Kim, Jin Hyuk ^a   Wagman, Liad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stage financing; Information disclosure; Portfolio size; Startup accelerators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909599542     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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