Learning by Investing: Evidence from Venture Capital
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Keywords
Venture capital; Learning; Multi-armed bandit model;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D49 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Other
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2007-06-02 (Business Economics)
- NEP-CBE-2007-06-02 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2007-06-02 (Entrepreneurship)
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