The Bright but Right View? A New Type of Evidence on Entrepreneurial Optimism
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Keywords
Entrepreneurship; Forecast; Optimism; Survey data;JEL classification:
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
- E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2014-03-01 (All new papers)
- NEP-ENT-2014-03-01 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-MAC-2014-03-01 (Macroeconomics)
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