Journal of Political Economy Vol. 102 No. 1 1994
Sticking it Out: Entrepreneurial Survival and Liquidity Constraints
Abstract
The authors examine survival rates of entrepreneurial enterprises and their growth, conditional on surviving. Their focus is on whether liquidity constraints increase the likelihood of entrepreneurial failure. The empirical strategy is based on the following logic: If entrepreneurs cannot borrow to attain their profit-maximizing levels of capital, then entrepreneurs with substantial personal financial resources will be more successful than those without. The authors examine the behavior of a group of sole proprietors who received substantial inheritances. The results are consistent with the notion that liquidity constraints exert a noticeable influence on the viability of entrepreneurial enterprises.
- DOI
- 10.1086/261921
- Volume
- 102
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 53-75
- Language
- en
- Sources
- crossref openalex