entrepreneurial ladder and the factors that influence their position on the ladder. We use data from the 2006 "Flash Eurobarometer … survey on Entrepreneurship" consisting of more than 10,000 observations for 25 member states of the European Union, Norway …

representative population samples; in addition, econometric endogeneity issues in survey data must be addressed. To overcome these … than non-entrepreneurs. By using fixed-effects panel regression—and thus by exploiting the longitudinal nature of our data … two findings in combination offer evidence that overconfident individuals self- select into entrepreneurship. …

. Data of two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer surveys (2003 and 2004) containing over 20,000 observations are used …This paper uses an Eclectic Framework explaining entrepreneurship incorporating different streams of literature and … spanning different disciplines. The Eclectic Framework integrates factors shaping the demand for entrepreneurship on the one …