Venture Capital in Europe's Common Market: A Quantitative Description

Arbeitspapier

This paper offers a quantitative description of European private equity markets and compares the recent development in these markets with the development of the US venture capital market. Moreover, the paper addresses the differences between private equity investors acting in a single national market by analysing micro data on French and German private equity investors. European markets for private equity have experienced substantial growth at the end of the 1990s and so has the US venture capital market. However, in Europe, private equity investments in enterprises' early and expansion stages as well as in high-technology enterprises are, relative to GDP, significantly lower than in the US.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1087

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Financial Economics: General ; Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage; Ratings and Ratings Agencies
• Subject: venture capital ; private equity ; Europe ; United States ; Risikokapital ; Kapitalbeteiligung ; Institutioneller Anleger ; Portfolio-Management ; Hochtechnologiesektor ; Unternehmensentwicklung ; Rentabilität ; Vergleich ; EU-Staaten ; Vereinigte Staaten ; Deutschland ; Frankreich

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schertler, Andrea
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW)
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17829
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET