In this paper, we find evidence of reversals in relative exit performance between the "short" and "long-run" in the VC market, with the short-run defined to be the first 5 years of business, and the long-run, the 6th year of business onwards. Using proxies for the risk of venture capital assets...

This study provides empirical evidence that trade credit durations implied by product distributors' business volumes (implied credit durations) generate business risk for trade credit providers. The study further demonstrates the existence of "optimal"credit durations that minimize business risk...

I find venture capitalists' (VCs') information production activities help decrease uncertainty about the valuations of new innovations within public equity markets, resulting in price convergence within the cross-section of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) that are backed by different classes of...

Financial Economists have over the years gained many insights from surveys of crop farmers in so far as different aspects of economic activity are concerned. In this study, using micro level survey data obtained from small scale entrepreneurs (farmers), I obtain a strictly concave inverted "U"...