others. However, the same holds true for top managers. In this lab-in-the-field experiment we directly compare the scores of … entrepreneurs, managers and employees on a comprehensive set of measures of optimism and overconfidence (n = 2,058). The results … when bad events occur. For incentivized measures of overconfidence we find no difference between entrepreneurs and managers …

Better managers and managerial practices lead to better firm performance. Yet, little is known about what happens when … managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge …-invariant ability of the manager as well as overall firm performance. We find that the export experience gained by managers in previous …

We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a … monitoring, which requires more managers. The model also assumes rent sharing between workers, managers and the owners of the … firm. Unions, by redistributing rents towards the workers, lead to lower employment and lower pay for managers. Using a …

We examine in a large survey (n = 1,928) how contemplative entrepreneurs, managers and employees are in their decision … choices are partly in line with this: entrepreneurs make indeed more intuitive choices than managers, but are equally …) equal those of managers. Together these findings tentatively suggest that entrepreneurs start from a stronger prior …