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Halac, Marina, Kremer, Ilan and Winter, Eyal (2020) Raising capital from heterogeneous investors. American Economic Review, 110 (3). pp. 889-921. doi:10.1257/aer.20190234

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20190234

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Abstract

A firm raises capital from multiple investors to fund a project. The project succeeds only if the capital raised exceeds a stochastic threshold, and the firm offers payments contingent on success. We study the firm's optimal unique-implementation scheme, namely the scheme that guarantees the firm the maximum payoff. This scheme treats investors differently based on size. We show that if the distribution of the investment threshold is log-concave, larger investors receive higher net returns than smaller investors. Moreover, higher dispersion in investor size increases the firm's payoff. Our analysis highlights strategic risk as an important potential driver of inequality.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Capital, Capitalists and financiers , Investments , Venture capital
Journal or Publication Title: American Economic Review
Publisher: American Economic Association
ISSN: 0002-8282
Official Date: March 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2020Published
3 January 2020Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 14 January 2020
Volume: 110
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 889-921
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20190234
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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