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claim 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 …
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This discussion paper has resulted in a publication in the <A href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487011001048">'Journal of Economic Psychology'</A> 32(6) 918-39.<P>This experimental study is concerned with the impact of the timing of the resolution of risk onpeople's willingness to take risks, with a special focus on the role of affect. While the...</p></a>
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We study the effects of a bank’s engagement in trading. Traditional banking is relationship-based: not scalable, long-term oriented, with high implicit capital, and low risk (thanks to the law of large numbers). Trading is transactions-based: scalable, short-term, capital constrained, and with...
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Theory predicts that entrepreneurs have distinct attitudes towards risk and uncertainty, but empirical evidence is … mixed. To better understand the unique behavioral characteristics of entrepreneurs and the causes of these mixed results, we … perform a large ‘lab-in-the-field’ experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers – a suitable comparison group – and …
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Availability of (partial) insurance mechanisms is arguably important for the decision of (riskaverse) workers to start … positive for would-be entrepreneurs, in contrast to correlations in the data or uninstrumented estimates. Using firm data, we … also investigate how the newly insurance-induced entrepreneurs fare relative to their uninsured peers. Results suggest that …
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We study entrepreneurs’ behavioral responses of effort (moral hazard) to avoid business failure.This is done in the …
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intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started … the entrepreneur and the role model, and the strength of their relationship. …
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This discussion paper resulted in an article in <I>Management Science</I>. Volume 59 issue 7, pages 1514-1528.<P> This paper reports on a field experiment conducted to estimate the impact of the share of women in business teams on their performance. Teams consisting of undergraduate students in business...</p></i>
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framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur’s skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both …We extend Lazear’s theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical … entrepreneurs with more varied work experience are more likely to introduce innovations that have not only technical, but also …
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The spatial activity patterns of firms in a multi-regional system are closely connected with the structure and evolution of regional labour markets. Based on an extensive data set (cross-section) on commuting flows in Germany, this paper aims to identify the relationship between entrepreneurial...
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