Arbeitspapier

The Optimal Portfolio of Start-Up Firms in Venture Capital Finance

A venture capitalist faces a trade-off between the extent of managerial advice allocated to each start-up and the total number of firms advised. Diminishing returns to advice per firm call for a larger portfolio. As advice gets diluted, further expansion of the portfolio eventually becomes unprofitable.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 381

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Venture capital finance
double-sided moral hazard
company portfolio

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kanniainen, Vesa
Keuschnigg, Christian
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(where)
Munich
(when)
2000

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Kanniainen, Vesa
  • Keuschnigg, Christian
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Time of origin

  • 2000

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