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The impact of risk attitudes on entrepreneurial survival

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2008

Risk attitudes have an impact on not only the decision to become an entrepreneur but also the survival and failure rates of entrepreneurs. Whereas recent research underpins the theoretical proposition of a positive correlation between risk attitudes and the decision to become an entrepreneur,...

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Effective taxation of top incomes in Germany, 1992-2002

Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); … - 2008

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Risk attitudes of nascent entrepreneurs : new evidence from an experimentally-validated survey

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Fossen, Frank M. (contributor) - 2006

The influence of risk aversion on the decision to become self-employed is a much discussed topic in the entrepreneurial literature. Conventional wisdom asserts that the role model of an entrepreneur requires to make risky decisions in uncertain environments and hence that more risk-averse...

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The impact of losses on income tax revenue and implicit tax rates of different income sources : evidence from microsimulation using tax statistics for Germany

Bach, Stefan; Buslei, Hermann - 2009

relevant for Germany in view of the heavy losses from renting. Using micro data from tax statistics we analyze the income tax …

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From bottom to top : the entire distribution of market income in Germany, 1992-2001

Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); … - 2007

We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …

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Is entrepreneurial success predictable? : an ex-ante analysis of the character-based approach

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

This paper empirically analyzes whether the character-based approach, which is based on the personality structure and the human capital of business founders, allows prediction of entrepreneurial success. A unique data set is used consisting of 414 previously unemployed persons whose personal...

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How should local governments tax local business? : lessons from an international comparison and a microsimulation analysis for Germany

Fossen, Frank M. (contributor); Bach, Stefan (contributor) - 2007

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"I want to, but I also need to" : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009

When unemployed persons go into business, they often are characterized as necessity entrepreneurs, because push factors, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously employed represent opportunity entrepreneurs because...

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Demand side analysis of microlending markets in Germany

Kritikos, Alexander; Kneiding, Christoph; Germelmann, … - 2009

services exists. The present pilot study explores customer preferences for microlending products in Germany. Among the …

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Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Rusakova, Alina - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

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