%0 Report
        %A Zhang, Junfu
        %T A Study of Academic Entrepreneurs Using Venture Capital Data
        %D 2007
        %8 2007 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 2992
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2992
        %X Academic entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important channel through which universities contribute to economic development. This paper studies academic entrepreneurs using a comprehensive venture capital database. I find that about two-thirds of the academic entrepreneurs locate their businesses in the same state as their universities. National academy membership and number of faculty awards, measures of a university’s research quality, are the most significant variables in explaining the number of academic entrepreneurs from a university. In contrast, the abundance of venture capital near the university has no significant effect on academic entrepreneurship.
        %K university spin-off
%K academic entrepreneur
%K venture capital