In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of … more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm … performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and sustained effects of entrepreneurs at all levels of the performance …

personal contacts with a young entrepreneur and the regional share of nascent entrepreneurs. …

entrepreneurship where agents are heterogeneous in their ability as workers, and starting entrepreneurs face uncertainty about their … to become entrepreneurs, and spend more time in entrepreneurship. Among entrepreneurs, more of the firms run by …Why do some people become entrepreneurs (and others don't)? Why are firms so heterogeneous, and many firms so small? To …

describe several of the most respected and up-to-date sources of data on entrepreneurs, the self-employed, and small businesses …

rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk … entrepreneurs. The empirical results confirm that persons whose risk attitudes are in the medium range survive significantly longer … as entrepreneurs than do persons with particularly low or high risks. …

that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy in comparison to non-entrepreneurs? We study the relative … contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy based on four measures that have most widely been studied empirically. Hence, we …

business outcomes. The results indicate that previously unemployed entrepreneurs face disadvantages in variables correlated …