Delaware hedge funds exhibit significant differences in contractual structure in terms of higher management and incentive fees. Delaware funds are more likely to use high watermark provisions and less likely to invest their personal capital. Both the redemption notice periods and lock up periods...

We provide evidence for a significant relation between diversification and performance in the hedge fund industry. Measuring diversification across four distinct dimensions, we find a significant positive relation between hedge fund performance and diversification across sectors and asset...

PIPEs are an important source of financing for many companies, yet controversial due to their harsh contractual structures. We present a detailed study of how PIPE contracts allocate contingent cash flow rights between investor and issuer. We study the role of placement agents in PIPE contract...

PIPEs are an important source of financing for many companies, yet controversial due to their harsh contractual structures. We present a detailed study of how PIPE contracts allocate contingent cash flow rights between investor and issuer. We find that issuers advised by high-ranking...

This paper examines the effect of fund size on investee firm valuations in the venture capital market. We show a convex (U-shape) relationship between fund size and firm valuations. We further document firm valuations are positively correlated to measures of limited attention. In addition, we...

This paper introduces a cross-country law and finance analysis of the misreporting behavior in the hedge fund industry in terms of smoothing returns so that a fund consistently generates positive returns. We find strong evidence that international differences in hedge fund regulation are...

This paper examines local bias in the context of venture capital (VC) investments. Based on a sample of US VC investments between 1980 and June 2009, we find more reputable VCs (older, larger, more experienced, and with stronger IPO track record) and VCs with broader networks exhibit less local...

This paper reviews recent research on private equity funds and related topics in entrepreneurial finance over the past decade. I highlight the topics that include private equity performance and risk, financial misreporting to institutional investors, limited partner performance, ESG, and other...

Using a large sample of U.S. small businesses and a new measure of optimism, we examine the role of entrepreneurial optimism in small business lending. We provide evidence that optimistic entrepreneurs are not rationed by lenders. Quite the opposite, our results suggest that they often have...

I study the causes and consequences of staging in the setting of private investments in public equities (PIPEs). I find that, in PIPE investments, as in venture capital staging, the staging strategy is used by investors as a monitoring mechanism to mitigate information asymmetry and agency...