We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We
first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and …

We disaggregate the self-employed into incorporated and unincorporated to distinguish
between “entrepreneurs” and other business owners. We show that the incorporated self …

There is ample evidence that the average person thinks he or she is more skilful, more
beautiful and kinder than others, and that such overconfidence may result in substantial …

We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a
three sector Roy model that differentiates between entrepreneurs and other self-employed to …

We examine the impact of rural electrification on individuals and businesses within a
community in order to test a resource-based theory of entrepreneurship. We show that …

The study of entrepreneurial cognitive bias emerged about two decades ago and has
received growing attention in entrepreneurial research. However, this is the first …

Extant research shows that entrepreneurs are typically overly optimistic about their ventures'
prospects and that such optimism hampers performance. We analyze how dispositional …

We disaggregate the self-employed into incorporated and unincorporated, to distinguish
between" entrepreneurs" and other business owners. New incorporated businesses are …

This paper studies the attitudes of entrepreneurs, both how they differ as a group from others
in the economy, as well as how they differ from one another according to the mode of entry …

Does business ownership reduce the wealth disparity between Black and White
households? The author uses Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data on family …