investments, we document an outperformance of 100 to 200 bps per year, even after we account for the leverage costs of 100 bps. We … believe our work will open up a new risk investing paradigm for those seeking long-term advantages. …

transmission goes from risk tolerance via investments to profits. This is quite robust as it applies for past investments as well …Entrepreneurs tend to be risk tolerant but is more risk tolerance always better? In a sample of about 2,100 small … businesses, we find an inverted U-shaped relation between risk tolerance and profitability. This relationship holds in a simple …