Venture Capital Backing and Overvaluation: Evidence from the High‐Tech Bubble |
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Authors: | Lanfang Wang Susheng Wang Jin Zhang |
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Affiliation: | 1. Shanghai University of Finance and Economics;2. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;3. Nankai University |
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Abstract: | We investigate the association between venture capital (VC) backing and the likelihood of firm overvaluation in the high‐tech bubble period. We find strong evidence that a VC‐backed firm is more likely than a non‐VC‐backed firm to be overvalued during the bubble period. A further investigation suggests that such an association exists only for VC‐backed firms that have gone public recently and VC‐backed firms over which venture capitalists (VCs) have high ownership or control. But outside the bubble period, all the differences in overvaluation between VC‐backed and non‐VC‐backed firms disappear. Our findings provide additional evidence supporting VC opportunism in boom periods. |
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Keywords: | venture capital overvaluation bubble G14 G24 G31 G32 |
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