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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Regulatory Sandboxes and Fintech Funding: Evidence from the UK
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Giulio Cornelli
  • Sebastian Klaus Dörr
  • Leonardo Gambacorta
  • Ouarda Merrouche
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Review of Finance
Publisher Oxford University Press
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1572-3097
Volume 28
Number 1
Page Range 203 - 233
Date 2024
Abstract Text Over fifty countries have introduced regulatory sandboxes to foster financial innovation. This article conducts the first evaluation of their ability to improve fintechs’ access to capital and attendant real effects. Exploiting the staggered introduction of the UK sandbox, we establish that firms entering the sandbox see an increase of 15% in capital raised post-entry. Their probability of raising capital increases by 50%. Sandbox entry also has a significant positive effect on survival rates and patenting. Investigating the mechanism, we present evidence consistent with lower asymmetric information and regulatory costs.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1093/rof/rfad017
Other Identification Number merlin-id:23881
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