Essays on Small Business: Executive Summary

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Benjamin W. Pugsley

University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics

Date Written: December 5, 2012

Abstract

Small businesses range from corner stores to high-tech startups and account for nearly all businesses in the United States. In part because of their small size, these businesses are intimately connected with their owners. This dissertation considers two important aspects of this connection. First, I study the role of the entrepreneurial tastes of small business owners in explaining the existence and variety among small businesses. Second, I consider the possibility of underreporting income both to tax authorities and to the surveys economists use to study entrepreneurship, savings, and income in the population.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Firm Dynamics, Small Business Formation, Income Dynamics, Measurement Error

Suggested Citation

Pugsley, Benjamin W., Essays on Small Business: Executive Summary (December 5, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2213549 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2213549

Benjamin W. Pugsley (Contact Author)

University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics ( email )

Notre Dame, IN 46556
United States

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