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Minniti, Maria - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship 5 (2009) 7–8, pp. 497-621

Entrepreneurship is a human universal. All over the world, and throughout history, people have created businesses. Yet … men. Venture types and management styles vary across genders as well. Women entrepreneurship presents several distinctive … characteristics that differentiate it from men entrepreneurship. But variations exist also across women entrepreneurs in various …

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"I Think I Can, I Think I Can": Overconfidence and Entrepreneurial Behavior

Köllinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005

Many firms fail shortly after inception. Yet individuals continue starting businesses. Prewar economists such as Keynes invoked animal spirits and stressed psychological factors in their explanations of economic behavior. Using a large sample obtained from surveys conducted in 18 countries, we...

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Entrepreneurial Overconfidence: Evidence from a C.A.R.T. Approach

Köllinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria; Schade, Christian - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2005

We use a sample of 18 countries to study what variables have a significant impact on an individual's decision to start a new business and classification and regression trees for an accurate interpretation of the data. Our results support existing literature suggesting the existence of strong...

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Not for Lack of Trying: American Entrepreneurship in Black and White

Köllinger, Philipp; Minniti, Maria - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006

Using a sample obtained from a survey conducted in the United States during summer 2002, we study the variables related to observed differences in the rate of entrepreneurial involvement between black and white Americans. We find strong evidence that differences in subjective and often biased...

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The Returns to Education for Opportunity Entrepreneurs, Necessity Entrepreneurs, and Paid Employees

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012

We assess the relevance of formal education for the productivity of the self-employed and distinguish between opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative employment options. We expect differences in the returns to...

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