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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees

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Low risk aversion encourages the choice for entrepreneurship : an empirical test of a truism

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A successful businessman is not a gambler : risk attitude and business performance among small enterprises in Nigeria

Willebrands, Daan; Lammers, Judith; Hartog, Joop - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 33 (2012) 2, pp. 342-354

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A successful businessman is not a gambler. Risk attitude and business performance among small enterprises in Nigeria

Willebrands, Daan; Lammers, Judith; Hartog, Joop - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 33 (2012) 2, pp. 342-354

This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on business performance among small enterprises in Lagos, Nigeria. We find that there is no robust support for a positive effect of willingness to take risk through compensation for risk taking. Perception of risk does have a...

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