Essays on entrepreneurship and development economics
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation studies various research questions concerning entrepreneurship in developing countries through a behavioral economics lens, using lab experiments, and having an element of a gender dimension. The first chapter explores whether aspiring entrepreneurs in Colombia make mistakes when estimating their odds of success consistent with behavioral biases. It finds evidence supporting the presence of biases leading to over-entry among the less prepared individuals. The second chapter studies the implications of a relatively lower or greater role of luck (when both luck and skill determine an outcome) on confidence in one's skill. The chapter finds evidence for over-confidence among both male and female Colombian entrepreneurs but to a greater extent among men. The chapter also finds evidence of both genders giving themselves the benefit of the doubt when luck matters more, and their outcome is low. The third chapter explores the validity of using personality tests when screening entrepreneurs and possible strategies for reducing response manipulations. The chapter finds that survey-takers do manipulate their answers to appear more entrepreneurial when incentivized, and the manipulations impact the scores' predictiveness of entrepreneurial talent and trustworthiness. The chapters overall provide insights into three dimensions that might affect aspiring entrepreneurs' outcomes.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Zempleni, Reka Timea |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Dupas, Pascaline |
| Thesis advisor | Dupas, Pascaline |
| Thesis advisor | Bernheim, B. Douglas |
| Thesis advisor | Fafchamps, Marcel |
| Degree committee member | Bernheim, B. Douglas |
| Degree committee member | Fafchamps, Marcel |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Economics |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Reka Timea Zempleni. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Economics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/zt199jg1117 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Reka Timea Zempleni
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA).
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