An analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and Russia

We hear a lot of political declarations stating the importance of developing an innovation economy by fostering venture capital inflows. But it is obvious that the venture capital market makes an extremely low contribution in terms of total R&D spending or gross investment. Thus, theory...

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Main Authors: Kolmakov Vladimir Vladimirovich, Polyakova Aleksandra Grigorievna, Shalaev Vasily Sergeevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics, Belgrade 2015-01-01
Series:Ekonomski Anali
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2015/0013-32641507007K.pdf
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author Kolmakov Vladimir Vladimirovich
Polyakova Aleksandra Grigorievna
Shalaev Vasily Sergeevich
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Polyakova Aleksandra Grigorievna
Shalaev Vasily Sergeevich
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description We hear a lot of political declarations stating the importance of developing an innovation economy by fostering venture capital inflows. But it is obvious that the venture capital market makes an extremely low contribution in terms of total R&D spending or gross investment. Thus, theory says venture capital investment (VCI) is important due to its huge impact on modernization, but practitioners note that there is no evidence and VCI constitutes about 1% of total investments. Formal logic foregrounds the thesis that the effect of venture investment is important and significant, but delayed. We contribute to the theory and discussion of the problem of choosing between venture and non-venture funding by determining a specific niche for venture capital investment. We derive lagged regression models for GDP and patent applications for the US and Russia, to test VCI’s impact on economic growth and innovation. Comparison of model estimates shows significant VCI influence on GDP at a 4-6- year lag and no synchronous influence, valid for both the US and Russia. We prove the main hypothesis of our research: the effect of venture investment on economic and innovation development parameters is significant and much greater than that of ‘conventional’ investment.
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spelling doaj.art-d327a1fff0de4ac4b0f287bfda42c5082022-12-21T18:03:53ZengFaculty of Economics, BelgradeEkonomski Anali0013-32641820-73752015-01-016020773710.2298/EKA1507007K0013-32641507007KAn analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and RussiaKolmakov Vladimir Vladimirovich0Polyakova Aleksandra Grigorievna1Shalaev Vasily Sergeevich2Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, RussiaPlekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia + Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, RussiaNational Business Institute, Moscow, RussiaWe hear a lot of political declarations stating the importance of developing an innovation economy by fostering venture capital inflows. But it is obvious that the venture capital market makes an extremely low contribution in terms of total R&D spending or gross investment. Thus, theory says venture capital investment (VCI) is important due to its huge impact on modernization, but practitioners note that there is no evidence and VCI constitutes about 1% of total investments. Formal logic foregrounds the thesis that the effect of venture investment is important and significant, but delayed. We contribute to the theory and discussion of the problem of choosing between venture and non-venture funding by determining a specific niche for venture capital investment. We derive lagged regression models for GDP and patent applications for the US and Russia, to test VCI’s impact on economic growth and innovation. Comparison of model estimates shows significant VCI influence on GDP at a 4-6- year lag and no synchronous influence, valid for both the US and Russia. We prove the main hypothesis of our research: the effect of venture investment on economic and innovation development parameters is significant and much greater than that of ‘conventional’ investment.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2015/0013-32641507007K.pdfventure capital investmenteconomic growthinnovationcomparative studiesR&D spending
spellingShingle Kolmakov Vladimir Vladimirovich
Polyakova Aleksandra Grigorievna
Shalaev Vasily Sergeevich
An analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and Russia
Ekonomski Anali
venture capital investment
economic growth
innovation
comparative studies
R&D spending
title An analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and Russia
title_full An analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and Russia
title_fullStr An analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and Russia
title_full_unstemmed An analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and Russia
title_short An analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation: Evidence from the USA and Russia
title_sort analysis of the impact of venture capital investment on economic growth and innovation evidence from the usa and russia
topic venture capital investment
economic growth
innovation
comparative studies
R&D spending
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2015/0013-32641507007K.pdf
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