A successful businessman is not a gambler. Risk attitude and business performance among small enterprises in Nigeria

This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on business performance among small enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria. We find that there is no robust support for a positive effect of willingness to take risk through compensation for risk taking. Perception of risk does have a positive effect, suggesting that recognizing and cautiously dealing with risk is beneficial. The effect is robust under alternative specifications.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Willebrands, Daan ; Lammers, Judith ; Hartog, Joop
Published in:	Journal of Economic Psychology. - Elsevier, ISSN 0167-4870. - Vol. 33.2012, 2, p. 342-354
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Entrepreneurship \| Risk perception \| Risk behavior \| Business performance \| MSEs

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; L25 - Firm Size and Performance ; L26 - Entrepreneurship
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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