Adair Morse

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

545 Student Services Building, #1900

2220 Piedmont Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94720

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Scholarly Papers (28)

Measuring Income Tax Evasion using Bank Credit: Evidence from Greece

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-25, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 17 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2015
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School
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Tax Evasion, Soft Credit

Tax Evasion Across Industries: Soft Credit Evidence from Greece

NBER Working Paper No. w21552
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 14 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - Department of Finance, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Washington University in Saint Louis, John M. Olin Business School
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Citation 98

How Pervasive is Corporate Fraud?

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2222608
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 30 May 2024
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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corporate fraud, governance, detection

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Citation 19

Impact Investing

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2020
Brad M. Barber, Adair Morse and Ayako Yasuda
University of California, Davis, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
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Impact investing; venture capital; private equity; socially responsible investment; United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI); sustainable investing; public pension funds; willingness to pay; random utility discrete choice models

Impact Investing

NBER Working Paper No. w26582
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Brad M. Barber, Adair Morse and Ayako Yasuda
University of California, Davis, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
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Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud?

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 08-22, CRSP Working Paper No. 618, 1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 156/2007
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2011
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Whistleblowers, Corporate Scandals, Corporate Governance, Fraud, Gatekeepers

Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud?

NBER Working Paper No. w12882
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 07 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6126
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 19 May 2008
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate finance, corporate governance

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Stock Returns Over the FOMC Cycle

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2019
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Federal Reserve Board
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Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, FOMC, Communication, Stock Returns

When Cryptomining Comes to Town: High Electricity-Use Spillovers to the Local Economy

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 17 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 27 May 2024
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Cryptocurrencies, spillovers, energy, fintech, small-businesses ,taxes

When Cryptomining Comes to Town: High Electricity-use Spillovers to the Local Economy

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-78
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 06 Jun 2023
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Asset Managers: Institutional Performance and Factor Exposures

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 17 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2019
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Asset Managers: Institutional Performance and Smart Betas

NBER Working Paper No. w22982
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2023
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Sovereign Wealth Fund Portfolios

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-15, MFI Working Paper No. 2011-003, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 1792850
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2011
I. J. Alexander Dyck and Adair Morse
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Consumer Lending Discrimination in the FinTech Era

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2019
Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Real Estate Group
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Discrimination, FinTech, Mortgages, Credit Scoring, Algorithmic Underwriting, Big Data Lending, Platform Loans, Disparate Impact, Legitimate Business Necessity

Consumer-Lending Discrimination in the Fintech Era

NBER Working Paper No. w25943
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2023
Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Real Estate Group
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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding: Information and the Potential for Disruption in Consumer Lending

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jan 2015
Adair Morse
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Crowdfunding, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Social Finance, Disintermediation, Marketplace Finance, Screening, Consumer Lending

Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding: Information and the Potential for Disruption in Consumer Lending

NBER Working Paper No. w20899
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Adair Morse
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding: Information and the Potential for Disruption in Consumer Lending

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 463-482, 2015
Posted: 11 Dec 2015
Adair Morse
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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What Has Mattered to Economics Since 1970

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1045
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Aug 2006
E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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citations, innovations in economics

What Has Mattered to Economics Since 1970

CRSP Working Paper No. 612
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Sep 2006
E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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What Has Mattered to Economics Since 1970

NBER Working Paper No. w12526
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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What Has Mattered to Economics Since 1970

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5873
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Dec 2006
E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Citations, innovations in economics

Information Disclosure, Cognitive Biases and Payday Borrowing

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-01
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Jan 2010
Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Information Disclosure, Cognitive Biases and Payday Borrowing

MFI Working Paper No. 2009-07
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2010
Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Payday Lenders: Heroes or Villains?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2009
Adair Morse
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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payday lending, payday loans, natural disasters, triple differencing

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Executive Lawyers: Gatekeepers or Strategic Officers?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2016
Adair Morse, Wei Wang and Serena Wu
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Queen's University
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General Counsel, gatekeepers, lawyers, internal governance, equity incentives, fraud, litigation, insider trading, backdating

Executive Lawyers: Gatekeepers or Strategic Officers?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2016
Adair Morse, Wei Wang and Serena Wu
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Queen's University
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General Counsel, gatekeepers, lawyers, internal governance, equity incentives, fraud, litigation, insider trading, backdating

Executive Lawyers: Gatekeepers or Strategic Officers?

NBER Working Paper No. w22597
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2023
Adair Morse, Wei Wang and Serena Wu
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Queen's University
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Are Elite Universities Losing Their Competitive Edge?

CRSP Working Paper No. 609, Ross School of Business Paper No. 1046
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 10 May 2006
E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Faculty productivity, firm boundaries, knowledge-based industries, theory of the fir

Are Elite Universities Losing Their Competitive Edge?

NBER Working Paper No. w12245
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Are Elite Universities Losing Their Competitive Edge?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5700
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 07 Aug 2006
E. Han Kim, Adair Morse and Luigi Zingales
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Faculty productivity, firm boundaries, knowledge-based industries, theory of the firm

What Explains Differences in Finance Research Productivity During the Pandemic?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2020-03-031, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2020-31, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 30 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2021
University of California, Davis, Emory University Goizueta Business School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Yale University - Yale School of Management and The Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business
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COVID-19, pandemic, academic finance profession, research productivity, gender, family structure, tenure

What Explains Differences in Finance Research Productivity During the Pandemic?

NBER Working Paper No. w28493
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
University of California, Davis, Emory University Goizueta Business School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Yale University - Yale School of Management and The Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business
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Are Incentive Contracts Rigged by Powerful CEOs?

AFA 2006 Boston Meetings Paper, EFA 2006 Zurich Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2008
Adair Morse, Vikram K. Nanda and Amit Seru
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics and Stanford University
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CEO Power, Incentive Contracts, CEO Compensation, Board of Directors, Governance, Rent Extraction

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Algorithmic Discrimination and Input Accountability under the Civil Rights Acts

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 36, 2021
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2022
Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Real Estate Group and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Discrimination law, algorithms, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, disparate impact, statistical discrimination, compliance testing

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The Leveraging of Silicon Valley

Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 18-16, 31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2018
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2020
Jesse Davis, Adair Morse and Xinxin Wang
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Finance Area, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and UCLA Anderson School of Management
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venture debt, venture lending, early-stage financing, entrepreneurship, start-up capital structure, levered equity, runway extension, moral hazard, optimality of debt, innovation finance

The Leveraging of Silicon Valley

NBER Working Paper No. w27591
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Jesse Davis, Adair Morse and Xinxin Wang
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Finance Area, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and UCLA Anderson School of Management
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Trickle-Down Consumption

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 13-37
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Mar 2013
Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Downloads 310 (198,025)
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Trickle-Down Consumption

NBER Working Paper No. w18883
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Trickle-Down Consumption

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10468
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Mar 2015
Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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consumption, income inequality, savings, status

Auto Finance in the Electric Vehicle Transition

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2024
Elizabeth Klee, Adair Morse and Chaehee Shin
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Auto loans, EVs, electric vehicles, ABS, car finance, vehicle lending, gasoline price effect on default

Auto Finance in the Electric Vehicle Transition

FEDS Working Paper No. 2024-65
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Aug 2024
Elizabeth Klee, Adair Morse and Chaehee Shin
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Auto loans, Climate finance, Electric vehicles

Small Business Survival Capabilities and Policy Effectiveness: Evidence from Oakland

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Aug 2020
Robert Bartlett and Adair Morse
Stanford Law School and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Downloads 170 (356,195)
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Small business, COVID-19, pandemic, Payroll Protection Program (PPP), Pandemic Unemployment Insurance, entrepreneurship, main street, microbusiness, foot traffic, business survival, labor flexibility

Small Business Survival Capabilities and Policy Effectiveness: Evidence from Oakland

NBER Working Paper No. w27629
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2023
Robert Bartlett and Adair Morse
Stanford Law School and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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What do High-Interest Borrowers do with Their Tax Rebate?

Chicago Booth School of Business Research Paper No. 09-04
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Downloads 198 (310,994)
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Roy Sorting: Climate and Status Quo Strategies

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2025
University of Kassel, Steyler Ethik Bank, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, University of Kassel and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Climate Finance, Corporate Climate Strategy, Transition Economy, ESG Scores, Roy Model for Climate Sorting, Signaling Latent Strategies, Business Development in Green versus Brown Growth, Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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Technological Innovation and Discrimination in Household Finance

FEDS Working Paper No. 2020-18
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2021
Adair Morse and Karen M. Pence
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Discrimination, Fair lending, Statistical discrimination, FinTech, Taste-based preferences, Algorithmic decision-making, proxy variables, Big data

Technological Innovation and Discrimination in Household Finance

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Mar 2020
Adair Morse and Karen M. Pence
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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discrimination, fair lending, statistical discrimination, FinTech, taste-based preferences, algorithmic decision-making, proxy variables

Technological Innovation and Discrimination in Household Finance

NBER Working Paper No. w26739
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Adair Morse and Karen M. Pence
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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The Economics of Net Zero Banking

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Dec 2024
Adair Morse and Parinitha Sastry
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Columbia Business School
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Venture Debt

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Mar 2024
Adair Morse
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Venture debt, venture lending, patent loans, Silicon Valley Bank, startup finance, bridge lending, venture leverage, innovation finance, debt funds, bank funding of innovation