Low Risk Aversion Encourages the Choice for Entrepreneurship : An Empirical Test of a Truism

Entrepreneurship is historically associated with risk bearing. Consequently, risk attitude is widely believed to affect the selection of individuals into entrepreneurial positions. The data used in our empirical analysis support the supposedly negative effect of risk-aversion on entrepreneurship selection. However, we feel not sufficiently confident about our measure of risk attitude to conclude anything concerning the causality of this relationship

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	van Praag, Mirjam ; Cramer, J.S ; Hartog, Joop ; Jonker, Nicole
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Entrepreneurship \| Entrepreneurship approach \| Risikopräferenz \| Risk attitude

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 48, No. 1, 2002 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments January 1, 2001 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.288528 [DOI]
Classification:	D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; M13 - Entrepreneurship
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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