Start-ups, Venture Capitalists, and the Capital Gains Tax

Christian Keuschnigg and Søren Nielsen

University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2002 from Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen

Abstract: A model of start-up finance with double moral hazard is proposed. Entrepreneurs have ideas but lack own resources as well as commercial experience. Venture capitalists provide start-up finance and managerial support. Both types of agents thus jointly contribute to the firm's success, but neither type's effort is verifiable. We find that the market equilibrium is biased towards inefficiently low venture capital support. In this situation, the capital gains tax is particularly harmful. The introduction of a small tax impairs managerial advice and leads to first order welfare losses. Once the tax is in place, limitations on loss off-set may paradoxically contribute to higher quality of venture capital backed entrepreneurship and welfare.

Keywords: Venture capital; capital gains taxation; double moral hazard (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D82 G24 H24 H25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2002-02
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