Adverse selection, Investor Experience and Security Choice in Venture Capital Finance: Evidence from Germany
47 Pages Posted: 12 Oct 2008 Last revised: 31 Jan 2010
Date Written: January 29, 2010
Abstract
This article analyzes 336 German venture capital transactions between 1990 to 2005 and seeks to determine why selected financial securities differ across deals. We find that a broad array of financial instruments is used covering straight equity, mezzanine and debt like securities. Based on the chosen financial securities’ upside potential and downside protection characteristics, we provide an explanation for the differing use of these securities. Our results show that investors' deal experience, adverse selection risks, and economic prospects in the public equity market influence the selection of financial securities.
Keywords: venture capital, capital structure, contract theory, deal experience
JEL Classification: G24, G32
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Recommended Papers
-
By Steven N. Kaplan and Per Strömberg
-
By Steven N. Kaplan and Per Strömberg
-
Venture Capital and the Structure of Capital Markets: Banks Versus Stock Markets
By Ronald J. Gilson and Bernard S. Black
-
Money Chasing Deals?: The Impact of Fund Inflows on Private Equity Valuations
By Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner
-
Private Equity Performance: Returns, Persistence and Capital Flows
-
Private Equity Performance: Returns, Persistence and Capital
-
The Returns to Entrepreneurial Investment: A Private Equity Premium Puzzle?
-
Venture Capital and the Professionalization of Start-Up Firms: Empirical Evidence
By Thomas F. Hellmann and Manju Puri