Using a matched sample of federal estate and personal income tax returns, we examine how the receipt of an inheritance affects an individual's decision to become an entrepreneur. Our results suggest that the size of the inheritance has a substantial effect on both the probability of becoming an entrepreneur and the amount of capital employed in the new enterprise. These findings are consistent with the presence of liquidity constraints.
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Corvinus Univ Budapest, Dept Finance, Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Acad Sci, Momentum Game Theory Res Grp, Ctr Econ & Reg Studies, H-1051 Budapest, HungaryCorvinus Univ Budapest, Dept Finance, Budapest, Hungary
Csoka, Peter
Herings, P. Jean-Jacques
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Maastricht Univ, Dept Econ, NL-6200 MD Maastricht, NetherlandsCorvinus Univ Budapest, Dept Finance, Budapest, Hungary