Over the past decade, a number of researchers have extended conventional models of
business fixed investment to incorporate a role for financial constraints' in determining …

The analysis of the decision to enter into self‐employment is a hot topic in the economic
literature. Among the elements that most directly influence this decision, individual factors …

Entrepreneurship contributes importantly to the economy. However, differences in the quality
and quantity of entrepreneurship vary significantly across developing and developed …

We examine how country-level institutional context moderates the relationship between
three socio-cognitive traits—entrepreneurial self-efficacy, alertness to new business …

Many observers, and many investors, believe that young people are especially likely to
produce the most successful new firms. Integrating administrative data on firms, workers …

We investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR)
strategies leads to better access to finance. We hypothesize that better access to finance can …

We show the importance of the collateral lending channel for small business employment
over the past decade. Small businesses in areas with greater increases in house prices …

'This ambitious book draws upon a wide variety of literature in developing a comprehensive
theory of entrepreneurship, ranging from the discovery of entrepreneurial activities, to …

Understanding the psychological nature and development of the individual entrepreneur is
at the core of contemporary entrepreneurship research. Since the individual functions as a …

This article uses various micro data sets to study entrepreneurship. Consistent with the
existence of capital constraints on potential entrepreneurs, the estimates imply that the …