5th IZA Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research

Thursday, July 03:

08:30	-	08:55		Registration
08:55	-	09:00		Welcoming Remarks Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam and IZA) Alexander S. Kritikos (University of Potsdam, DIW Berlin and IZA
				Session A
				Chair: Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam)
09:00	-	09:35		Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS Guido Carli University), Luigi Guiso (EIEF), Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University and IZA)
				"Learning Entrepreneurship from Other Entrepreneurs?"
				Discussant: Michael Fritsch (University of Jena)
09:35	-	10:10		Andrea Bassanini (OECD), Giorgio Brunello (University of Padova and IZA), Eve Caroli (Paris-Dauphine University and IZA)
				"Not in my Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals"
				Discussant: Siri Terjesen (Indiana University Bloomington)
10:10	-	10:40		Coffee Break
				Session B
				Chair: Michael Fritsch (University of Jena)
10:40	-	11:15		Niels Bosma (Utrecht University), Erik Stam (Utrecht University), Sander Wennekers (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
				"The Allocation of Entrepreneurship across New and Established Organizations"
				Discussant: Laura Rosendahl Huber (University of Amsterdam)
11:15	-	11:50		Nico Pestel (IZA), Karina Doorley (IZA)
				"Labor Supply and Entrepreneurship after Wealth Shocks: Evidence for Germany"
				Discussant: Stefan Hochguertel (VU University Amsterdam)
11:50	-	12:25		Christopher Stanton (University of Utah), Eleanor W. Dillon (Arizona State University)
				"Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to Entrepreneurship"
				Discussant: Sabrina Artinger (University of Oxford)
12:25	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session C
				Chair: Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS Guido Carli University)
14:00	-	14:35		Sarada (Duke University)
				"The Unobserved Returns from Entrepreneurship"
				Discussant: Anisa Shyti (IE Business School Madrid)
14:35	-	15:10		Evan Starr (University of Michigan), Mariko Sakakibara (UCLA), Natarajan Balasubramanian (Syracuse University)
				"Enforcing Covenants Not to Compete: The Life-Cycle Impact on New Firms"
				Discussant: Katrin Burmeister-Lamp (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
15:10	-	15:40		Coffee Break
				Keynote Speech
				Chair: Alexander S. Kritikos (University of Potsdam, DIW Berlin)
15:40	-	17:00		David J. Storey (University of Sussex)
				"Volatility and New Venture Performance: Comparing Gambler's Ruin with Strategic Entrepreneurship"
19:00				Dinner

Friday, July 04:

				Session D
				Chair: Alexander S. Kritikos (University of Potsdam, DIW Berlin)
09:00	-	09:35		Siri Terjesen (Indiana University Bloomington), Niels Bosma (Utrecht University)
				"Identifying Entrepreneurial Opportunities during a Global Economic Slowdown"
				Discussant: Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS Guido Carli University)
09:35	-	10:10		Michael Fritsch (University of Jena), Michael Wyrwich (University Jena)
				"The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development – Evidence for Germany"
				Discussant: Niels Bosma (Utrecht University)
10:10	-	10:40		Coffee Break
				Session E
				Chair: Niels Bosma (Utrecht University)
10:40	-	11:15		Laura Rosendahl Huber (University of Amsterdam), Mirjam Van Praag (Copenhagen Business School and IZA), Randolph Sloof (University of Amsterdam)
				"Jacks-of-All-Trades? The Effect of Balanced Skills on Team Performance"
				Discussant: Christopher Stanton (University of Utah)
11:15	-	11:50		Sabrina Artinger (University of Oxford), Nir Vulkan (University of Oxford), Yotam Shem-Tov (Tel Aviv University)
				"Entrepreneurs' Negotiation Behavior"
				Discussant: Nico Pestel (IZA)
11:50	-	12:25		Katrin Burmeister-Lamp (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Fei Zhu (University of Nottingham China), Dan Hsu (Appalachian State University)
				"To Leave or Not to Leave? The Role of Psychological Ownership, Family Support and Hindrance-Related Stress in Entrepreneurs’ Venture Exit Decisions"
				Discussant: Andrea Bassanini (OECD)
12:25	-	14:00		Lunch
				Session F
				Chair: Frank M. Fossen (Free University of Berlin)
14:00	-	14:35		Stefan Hochguertel (VU University Amsterdam), Mette Ejrnaes (University of Copenhagen)
				"Insurance, Entrepreneurial Start-Up, and Performance"
				Discussant: Evan Starr (University of Michigan)
14:35	-	15:10		Anisa Shyti (IE Business School Madrid), Corina Paraschiv (HEC Paris)
				"Risk and Ambiguity in Evaluating Entrepreneurial Prospects: An Experimental Study"
				Discussant: Sarada (Duke University)