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The housing boom and selection into entrepreneurship

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  • Joao Galindo da Fonseca

    (Université de Montréal)

  • Pierluca Pannella

    (Sao Paulo School of Economics)

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We provide evidence that the boom in housing prices occurred in the early 2000 distorted the selection of individuals that opened a business. A simple model of collateral financing predicts an increase in entry into entrepreneurship for house-owners and, particularly, for individuals with lower entrepreneurial ability and higher probability of failure. We support the predictions of the model using panel data at the individual level including restricted access information on the MSA of residence of an individual. We combine this data with geographic information about house prices at the MSA level. We confirm that the increase in house prices had a larger impact on the decision of becoming an entrepreneur for lower ability house-owners.

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  • Joao Galindo da Fonseca & Pierluca Pannella, 2019. "The housing boom and selection into entrepreneurship," Cahiers de recherche 2019-03, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
    • Handle: RePEc:mtl:montde:2019-03
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