http://www.VoxEU.org Recent Masako Ueda articles on VoxEU.org en http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/2919 Masayuki Hirukawa, Masako Ueda, 30 January 2009

Venture capitalists are casualties of the current crisis, as they have lost their ability to cash out their investments in the stock market. Should we worry that innovation and long-run growth are in trouble? This column summarises the evidence on venture capital and innovation, arguing that the current VC woes are unlikely to significantly dampen economic prospects.

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