Founder replacement and startup performance
Ewens, M., & Marx, M. (2018)
Review of Financial Studies, 31(4), 1532-1565
VC financings with hand-collected founder turnover; instruments replacement with changes in non-compete law in 14 US states, 1995 to 2016. Naive estimates are negative; instrumented estimates show replacement improves performance. (Abstract source: EconPapers/RePEc.)
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