Working Paper

An Elementary Model of VC Financing and Growth


Abstract: This article uses an endogenous growth model to study how the improvements in financing for innovative start-ups brought by venture capital (VC) affect firm innovation and growth. Partial equilibrium results show how lending contracts change as financing efficiency improves, while general equilibrium results demonstrate that better screening and development of projects by VC investors leads to higher aggregate productivity growth.

Keywords: endogenous growth; financial development; innovation; IPO; screening; research and development; startups; venture capital;

JEL Classification: E13; E22; G24; L26; O16; O31; O40;

https://doi.org/10.20955/wp.2022.031

Status: Published in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Working Papers

Publication Date: 2022-08-03

Number: 2022-031

Note: Publisher DOI: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.105.66-73