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Investor tax breaks and financing for start-ups : evidence from China

Güçeri, İrem; Hou, Xipei; Xing, Jing - 2024

We examine how investor-level tax incentives affect financing for start-ups using the introduction of a generous tax deduction for qualified angel and VC investment in China as a quasi-natural experiment. We find that the tax incentive increases funding for eligible start-ups, with stronger...

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Risky business : venture capital, pivoting and scaling

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Tåg, Joacim - 2024

The creation and scaling of startups are inherently linked to risk-taking, with various types of owners handling these risks differently. This paper investigates the influence of an active venture capital (VC) market on startups’ decisions regarding research and scaling. It outlines conditions...

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The financial and non-financial performance of token-based crowdfunding : certification arbitrage, investor choice, and the optimal time of ICOs

Dombrowski, Niclas; Drobetz, Wolfgang; Hornuf, Lars; … - 2023

What role does the selection of an investor and the timing of financing play in initial coin offerings (ICOs)? We investigate the operating and financial performance of ventures conducting ICOs with different types of investors at different points in the ventures' life cycle. We find that,...

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Cybercrime on the ethereum blockchain

Hornuf, Lars; Momtaz, Paul; Nam, Rachel J.; Yuan, Ye - 2023

We propose a taxonomy of cybercrime on the Ethereum blockchain and examine how cybercrime impacts victims' risk-taking and returns. Our difference-in-differences analysis of a sample of victims and matched non-victims suggests that victims increase their long-term total risk-taking and earn...

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Voice at work

Harju, Jarkko; Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021

We estimate the effects of worker voice on job quality and separations. We leverage the 1991 introduction of worker representation on boards of Finnish firms with at least 150 employees. In contrast to exit-voice theory, our difference-in-differences design reveals no effects on voluntary job...

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The impact of entrepreneurial risk aversion on wages in general equilibrium

Feng, Ying; Rauch, James E. - 2015

One of the leading theories of entrepreneurship is that less risk averse individuals become entrepreneurs and more risk …

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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions

Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015

We exploit Germany’s reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...

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Dynastic entrepreneurship, entry, and non-compete enforcement

Rauch, James E. - 2015

We investigate entry in a dynastic entrepreneurship (overlapping generations) environment created by employee spinoffs …

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The gender gap in entrepreneurship : not just a matter of personality

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2014

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

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Homeownership and entrepreneurship : the role of mortgage debt and commitment

Bracke, Philippe; Hilber, Christian; Silva, Olmo - 2014

We study the link between homeownership, mortgage debt, and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and … homeowners start a business; and (ii) the negative relation between mortgage debt and entrepreneurship is more pronounced when … income volatility is higher. Our model further predicts that the relation between housing wealth and entrepreneurship is …

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