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With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we ask the natural next question: Does increased diversity lead to better firm performances? In this paper, we attempt to answer this question using a unique dataset of the gender...
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adoption of a SIPO, a result robust to controls for county-level heterogeneity in outbreak timing, coronavirus testing, and …
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Coronavirus has credited the State of California for taking early action to prevent a statewide COVID-19 outbreak, no study has …-level coronavirus data and a synthetic control research design, we find that California's statewide SIPO reduced COVID-19 cases by 125 …
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in the rate at which state residents remained in their homes full-time. Then, using daily state-level coronavirus case … benefits from their SIPOs. Finally, we find that statewide SIPOs were associated with a reduction in coronavirus-related deaths …
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following the US coronavirus outbreak at the indoor Bank of Oklahoma (BOK) arena. In the weeks following the event, numerous … high-profile national news outlets reported that the Trump rally was “more than likely” the cause of a coronavirus surge in …
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We study the role of homophily in group formation. Using a unique dataset of MBA students, we observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of forming teams by 17% and 11 %...
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In this paper, we document the historically low rate of hiring of women in the venture capital sector. We find that the high-profile Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins gender discrimination trial had dramatic treatment effects. In difference-in-differences regressions, we find that the rate of hiring...
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. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are more likely to succeed than first time entrepreneurs and … for entrepreneurs without a successful track record. Similarly, more experienced venture capitalists are able to identify … and invest in first time entrepreneurs who are more likely to become serial entrepreneurs. Investments by venture …
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trained and conditioned to be entrepreneurs by being exposed to the entrepreneurial process and by working in a network of … entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. Alternatively, individuals become entrepreneurs because the large bureaucratic companies for …
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We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA students who participated in a required course to propose and start a real micro-business that allows us to examine horizontal diversity (i.e., within the team) as well as vertical...
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