Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76276 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 887
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
A novel method is applied to evaluate the effect of capital constraints on entrepreneurial performance on a panel of 1,000 Dutch entrepreneurs. We find that initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurs in their performance, even when we control for various human capital and other factors that might affect both performance and credit scoring outcomes. We use a direct individual indicator variable for initial capital constraints. Previous research with the same objective used indirect indicators of wealth, inheritances or windfall gains, where it remains unknown whether the entrepreneur indeed suffered from capital constraints. This drawback is not attached to our (neither perfect) approach so that policy implications will become more evident.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
small business founders
success
venture performance
wealth/capital/borrowing constraint
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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