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  • January 2018
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  • Journal of Financial Economics

The Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries

By: Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski and Karen Wilson
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Abstract

This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare applicants just above and below the funding cutoff and find that these angel investors have a positive impact on the growth, performance, and survival of firms as well as their follow-on fundraising. The positive impact of angel financing is independent of the level of venture activity and entrepreneur friendliness in the country. However, we find that the development stage and maturity of startups that apply for angel funding (and those that are ultimately funded) is inversely correlated with the entrepreneurship friendliness of the country, which may reflect self-censoring by very early stage firms that do not expect to receive funding in these environments.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Investment; Business Startups

Citation

Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson. "The Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries." Journal of Financial Economics 127, no. 1 (January 2018): 1–20.
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Josh Lerner

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