Business ownership and attitudes towards risk

Applied Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1731-1740

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Dietrich, Michael ^a   Nuñez, Aurora Ortiz ^b   Taylor, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business ownership; risk attitudes; self employment

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; OWNERSHIP; PROBABILITY; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859644602     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.636026     Document Type: Article

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