Working Papers

Book

Downloadable Research Papers

VFI WORKING PAPERS:

"Building an Entrepreneurial Culture in Mexico" Fernando Fabre and Richard Smith
Prepared for Nacional Financiera, SNC.  (pdf)

"Cost of Capital for Venture Capitalists and Underdiversified Entrepreneurs" Richard Smith, Janet Kiholm Smith and Frank Kerins

"How IPO Pricing Method Affects Underpricing and Issue Cost: Evidence on Japan's Change from Auction Method Pricing to Book-Building" Richard Smith and Kenji Kutsuna

"SEC's Fair Value Standard for Mutual Fund Investment in Restricted and Other Illiquid Securities" Richard Smith, Janet Smith and K. Williams

TALKS:  

"The Future of New Venture Finance"  Presentation by Richard Smith, Director
of the Venture Finance Institute to Drucker School Alumni Association,
September 2001. (pdf or Word)

"The Future of New Venture Finance: Transition from Art to Science" Presentation by Richard Smith, Director of the Venture Finance Institute to Quantitative Investment Association of Los Angeles. (PowerPoint)





BOOK:

Entrepreneurial Finance, 2000, Wiley: New York, NY, Richard Smith and Janet Smith





DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH PAPERS:

"The Choice of Payment Terms in Trade Credit Financing", Journal of Finance, 1999 forthcoming, Richard Smith, Janet Smith and C. Ng.

"The Unwinding of Venture Capital Investments: Insider Selling During Equity IPOs", Journal of Corporate Finance, 1998, Richard Smith and T. Lin.

"Determinants of Contract Choice: The Use of Warrants to Compensate Underwriters of Seasoned Equity Issues", Journal of Finance, March 1996, Richard Smith and C. Ng.

"Market discounts and Shareholder Gains for Placing Equity Privately", Journal of finance, vol. 48, June 1993, pp. 459-485, Richard Smith and M. Hertzel.

"The Choice of Issuance Procedure and the Cost of Competitive and Negotiated Underwriting: An Examination of the Impact of Rule 50", Journal of Finance, July 1987, Richard Smith.

"The Application of Errors-in-Variables Methodology to Capital Market Research: Evidence on the Small Firm Effect", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, December 1985, Richard Smith and J .R. Booth.

"Direct Equity Financing - Resolution of a Paradox: A Comment", Journal of Finance, December 1984, Richard Smith and M. Dhatt.

"Efficiency Gains from Strategic Investment", Journal of Industrial Economics, P.W.S. Andrews prize for 1980, September 1981, Richard Smith.