Risk and Return Characteristics of Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurial Companies

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming

AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper

58 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2008 Last revised: 13 Jan 2015

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Arthur G. Korteweg

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

Morten Sorensen

Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: November 16, 2009

Abstract

Valuations of entrepreneurial companies are only observed occasionally, albeit more frequently for well-performing companies. Consequently, estimators of risk and return must correct for sample selection to obtain consistent estimates. We develop a general model of dynamic sample selection model and estimate it using data from venture capital investments in entrepreneurial companies. Our selection correction leads to markedly lower intercepts and higher estimates of risks compared to previous studies. The methodology is generally applicable to estimating risk and return in illiquid markets with endogenous trading.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Sample Selection, Liquidity, Endogenous Trading, MCMC, Gibbs Sampling

JEL Classification: C11, C32, G24, M13

Suggested Citation

Korteweg, Arthur G. and Sorensen, Morten, Risk and Return Characteristics of Venture Capital-Backed Entrepreneurial Companies (November 16, 2009). Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming, AFA 2009 San Francisco Meetings Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1108610 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1108610

Arthur G. Korteweg

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Morten Sorensen (Contact Author)

Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business ( email )

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) ( email )

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