Outside Entrepreneurial Capital

Andy Cosh, Douglas Cumming and Alan Hughes

Working Papers from Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge

Abstract: This paper investigates the internal versus external financing decisions among 1900 early stage privately held UK firms in 1996-1997. We study the factors that affect rejection rates in applications for outside finance among the different types of investors, taking into account the non-randomness in a firm’s decision to seek outside finance. The data support the traditional pecking order theory; firms with greater capital expenditures / profits are more likely to seek finance and apply for more external finance. The data further indicate growth oriented firms are much more likely to apply for external finance. There are some differences in the internal versus external financing of female and male founder CEO firms, but these differences are largely attributable to growth orientation. Firms in industries with a greater proportion of larger competitors are less likely to obtain all of their desired outside capital. The data also indicate banks are less likely to finance completely new startups, while venture capital funds are more likely to finance innovative and growth orientated firms. Overall, the data do not indicate the presence of a capital gap in entrepreneurial finance; rather, firms seeking capital are able to secure their requisite financing from at least one of the many different available sources. Classification-JEL: G21, G22, G23, G24, G31, G32, G35

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Capital Gaps; Pecking Order; Adverse Selection; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-cfn, nep-ent, nep-fin and nep-ino
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