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Cultura postmaterialista y variaciones en el espiritu emprendedor
Pinillos Costa, Maria José - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 37-55
-activity rates across Spanish Autonomous Communities. A distinction is made between potential entrepreneurs, nascent entrepreneurship …, new business formation and Established business, as defined within the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The measure … depending on the stage of business creation considered (conception, birth or residence). -- entrepreneurship ; cultural values …
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Missing women in the United Kingdom
Adamou, Adamos; Drakos, Christina; Iyer, Sriya - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-19
This paper investigates the gender-selection decisions of immigrants in the United Kingdom, using data from the 1971–2006 General Household Survey. We examine sex-selection in the UK among immigrant families and the gender composition of previous births, conditional on socio-economic...
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The role of affective biasing in commercializing new ideas
Adomdza, Gordon K.; Baron, Robert A. - In: Journal of small business and entrepreneurship : JSBE ; … 26 (2013) 1/3, pp. 201-217
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The status quo bias of bond market analysts
Gubaydullina, Zulia; Hein, Oliver; Spiwoks, Markus - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 1 (2011) 1, pp. 31-51
Status quo bias is a systematic cognitive error which makes it difficult for individuals to make decisions independently of the currently dominant situation. This study pursues the question of whether bond market analysts are affected by status quo bias. We evaluated interest rate forecast...
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Geburten in Ost- und Westdeutschland : erleichtert eine hohe Risikobereitschaft die Entscheidung für ein Kind?
Schmitt, Christian - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 11, pp. 18-23
Die von wirtschaftlichen Umbrüchen geprägten Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung waren für viele Ostdeutsche mit zunehmender Unsicherheit verbunden, während die Veränderungen in Westdeutschland weitaus weniger gravierend waren. In der Folge kam es in den 90er Jahren zu einem massiven Rückgang...
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Measuring the degree to which probability weighting affects risk-taking behavior in financial decisions
Mattos, Fabio; Garcia, Philip - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 2, pp. 1-39
The paper investigates the importance of probability weighting in financial decisions and examines the degree to which risk-taking behavior deviates from expected utility theory in the presence of probability weighting. A group of professional traders participates in an experiment, whose data...
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Notes on behavioral economics and labor market policy
Babcock, Linda; Congdon, William J.; Katz, Lawrence F.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-14
Labor market policies succeed or fail at least in part depending on how well they reflect or account for behavioral responses. Insights from behavioral economics, which allow for realistic deviations from standard economic assumptions about behavior, have consequences for the design and...
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Value relevance of financial statements information : evidence from listed firms in Kenya
Nyabundi, Melissa A. - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 1, pp. 115-134
This study examined the relationship between share prices and dividends, earnings and book values for companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in Kenya for the six years period between 2005 and 2010. Using panel data analysis the study found evidence that there is a positive and...
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Effects of the sexual division of labor on self-employment creation in Spain
Icart, Ignasi Brunet; Pizzi, Alejandro - In: Journal of small business and entrepreneurship : JSBE ; … 26 (2013) 1/3, pp. 151-167
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Patent as a motivation of starting a new entrepreneurial activity of high potential
Goniadis, Iraklis; Goniadis, Yannis - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 97-108
advancement of entrepreneurship in Greece, 3) the biggest proportion of the patent holders remained inactive, without any … exploitation of their patent, alleging several reasons for that. -- entrepreneurship ; patent rights ; and innovation …
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