Risk tolerance and entrepreneurship

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 200-223

  Hvide, Hans K ^a,c   Panos, Georgios A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial entry; Entrepreneurial performance; Risk aversion; Risk tolerance; Stock market participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888379012     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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