Misinforming the Public About Public Policy Towards Venture Capital

Cumming, Douglas

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Misinforming the Public About Public Policy Towards Venture Capital

Douglas Cumming

York University - Schulich School of Business

October 31, 2010

Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Forthcoming

Abstract:
Recent work by Da Rin et al. (2006, 2011) and Lerner (2009) base their analysis of the effect of public policy towards venture capital on variables like the ratio of early stage to late stage investment. This paper provides an explanation as to why such measures are incorrect for studying the effect of public policy towards venture capital, regardless of whether one is interested in comparing venture capital investment across countries or comparing venture capital investment over time within a country. One should be extremely cautious about drawing public policy lessons for venture capital based on work that use these inappropriate measures.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 4

Keywords: Venture Capital, Public Policy

JEL Classification: G24, G28, H25

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Date posted: November 9, 2010

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Cumming, Douglas J., Misinforming the Public About Public Policy Towards Venture Capital (October 31, 2010). Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1705519

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