Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics
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- Thomas Astebro & Holger Herz & Ramana Nanda & Roberto A. Weber, 2014. "Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 28(3), pages 49-70, Summer.
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entrepreneurship; risk aversion; overconfidence; taste;All these keywords.
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