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Risk attitudes and profits among small enterprises in Nigeria
Lammers, Judith; Willebrands, Daan; Hartog, Joop - 2010
This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity has a negative or no effect. Education, age, being...
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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 22 OECD countries, 1976 - 2000
Wennekers, A. R.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2004
countries. First, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as theirrelevance for entrepreneurship. Second … (uncertaintyavoidance) may have a diverging impact on entrepreneurship. Possibly, a climate of uncertainty avoidancein large organizations …This paper deals with the influence of cultural attitudes towards uncertainty on the level of businessownership across …
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It's the opportunity cost, stupid! : how self-employment responds to financial incentives of return, risk and skew
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720711
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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 22 OECD countries, 1976 - 2000
Wennekers, A. R.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001884431
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Gigerenzer the decided : a tale of difficult distinctions
Heukelom, Floris - 2005
This paper provides an overview of the work of Gigerenzer, thereby focusing on his criticisms of the Heuristics and Biases theory of Kahneman and Tversky. It is proposed that Gigerenzer's work can be both thematically and chronologically organized as: historical research on statistics =...
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Do more powerful interest groups have a disproportionate influence on policy?
Sharif, Zara; Swank, Otto H. - 2012
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Why are residents reluctant to consult attending physicians?
Swank, Otto H. - 2009
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Punching above one's weight : the case against election campaigns
Haan, Marco; Los, Bart; Onderstal, Sander; Riyanto, … - 2010
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Why are residents reluctant to consult attending physicians?
Swank, Otto H. - 2009
A physician performs two tasks: making diagnoses and determining treatments. To reduce medical error, residents are supposed to consult their supervisors when they face uncommon circumstances. However, recent research shows that residents are reluctant to do so. This paper presents a model that...
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Punching above one's weight : the case against election campaigns
Haan, Marco; Los, Bart; Onderstal, Sander; Riyanto, … - 2010
Politicians differ in their ability to implement some policy. In an election, candidates make commitments regarding the plans they will try to implement if elected. These serve as a signal of true ability. In equilibrium, candidates make overambitious promises. The candidate with the highest...
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