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Using an international sample of US and European BA deals, we find that both individual investment and entrepreneurial experience foster the internationalization of BAs\u2019 investments, consistent with the predictions based upon the local bias theory. <\/p>\n\n<p>When splitting experience into domestic and foreign, we find that the former increases while the latter decreases local bias. When we separate US and European BAs, we find that the experiential background of BAs does not matter in the same way in Europe and in the US: while the general results are confirmed in Europe, both investment and entrepreneurial experience have a reduced impact in the US. We interpret these results in light of the reduced risk aversion of US BAs that lowers transaction costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this study, we examine business angels (BAs)\u2019 appetite for investing abroad and the role played by investment and entrepreneurial experience. 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