@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6844,
            	author={Dawson, Christopher and Meza, David Emmanuel de and Henley, Andrew and Arabsheibani, Reza},
            	title={Entrepreneurship: Cause or Consequence of Financial Optimism?},
            	year={2012},
	month={Sep},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={6844},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6844},
	abstract={Extant evidence that the self-employed overestimate their returns by more than employees do is consistent with two mutually inclusive possibilities. Self-employment may generate optimism or optimists may be drawn to self-employment. This paper finds that employees who will be self-employed in the future overestimate their short-run financial wellbeing by more than those who never become self-employed. When actually self-employed they are even more optimistic. Employees aspiring to start their own business are also of above average optimism. Cross-sectional findings are therefore an amalgam of psychological disposition and environmental factors, as theory requires if optimism is to be a causal influence on entrepreneurship.},
	keywords={financial optimism;expectations;self-employment},
            }