Alicia Robb

University of Colorado at Boulder

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Leeds Business School

Boulder, CO 80309

United States

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1.

Gender Dynamics in Crowdfunding (Kickstarter): Evidence on Entrepreneurs, Investors, Deals and Taste-Based Discrimination

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 May 2014 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019
Hadar Gafni, Dan Marom, Alicia Robb and Orly Sade
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration, University of Colorado at Boulder and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Finance
Downloads 3,079 (7,177)
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crowdfunding, startup capital, gender

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Applied Survey Data Analysis Using Stata: The Kauffman Firm Survey Data

Number of pages: 608 Posted: 09 Aug 2014
Joseph B. Farhat and Alicia Robb
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 2,365 (10,855)
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Kauffman firm survey, KFS, Stata, Survey, Complex Sample, Stratified sample, sampling weights, unequal sampling probabilities, oversampling, probability weights

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Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) - Baseline/First/Second/Third/Fourth Follow-Ups: Study Metadata Documentation

Number of pages: 1712 Posted: 31 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 12 May 2010
David DesRoches, Alicia Robb and Timothy M. Mulcahy
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Chicago - National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
Downloads 2,341 (11,015)
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Kauffman Firm Survey, New Business Startups, Entrepreneurship, Innovation

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The Capital Structure Decisions of New Firms

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The Capital Structure Decisions of New Firms

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Feb 2009
Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson
University of Colorado at Boulder and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Downloads 1,880 (15,362)
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entrepreneurial finance, pecking order, start ups

The Capital Structure Decisions of New Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w16272
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2022
Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson
University of Colorado at Boulder and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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2013 State of Entrepreneurship Address: 'Financing Entrepreneurial Growth'

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Feb 2013
Tom Alberg, Andrew Bogan, Harold S Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Naval Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, Erik R. Sirri, Dane Stangler and Sharon Vosmek
Madrona Venture Group, Bogan Associates, LLC, Private Investor, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Vermont Law School, WR Hambrecht + Co, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., NASD, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Independent, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Imperial College Business School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, BATS Global Markets, Inc., AngelList, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, University of Colorado at Boulder, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Manhattan Institute, SecondMarket, Babson College, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Astia
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state of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, state, national, policy, job creation, regulation, barriers, growth, finance, crowdfunding, bank debt, IPO, venture capital

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Sources of Economic Hope: Women's Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 22 Nov 2014
Alicia Robb, Susan Coleman and Dane Stangler
University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Hartford - Barney School of Business and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Downloads 796 (54,647)
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entrepreneurship, Kauffman firm survey, women, female, gender gap, economic growth

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An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from the 2004-2007 Data

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Apr 2009
Alicia Robb, Janice Ballou, David DesRoches, Frank Potter, Zhanyun Zhao and E. J. Reedy
University of Colorado at Boulder, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and University of Chicago - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 750 (59,192)
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kauffman firm survey, kfs, data, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurship

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Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

Downloads 747 (59,504)
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Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Nov 2003
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 584 (80,398)
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Business Outcomes, Self-Employment, Families, Human Capital, Entrepreneurship

Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Oct 2008
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 163 (311,878)
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Firm, Owner, and Financing Characteristics: Differences between Female- and Male-Owned Small Businesses

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Apr 2002
Alicia Robb and John D. Wolken
University of Colorado at Boulder and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Downloads 723 (62,143)
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Small business, financing, gender

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Kauffman Firm Survey: Data Overview

2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 28 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2010
David DesRoches, Timothy M. Mulcahy, Alicia Robb and Scott Shane
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., University of Chicago - National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Colorado at Boulder and Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics
Downloads 710 (63,681)

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new business, formation, strategy, offerings, employment patterns, founders, finances

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The Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from the Baseline and First Follow-Up Surveys

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2015
Janice Ballou, Tom Barton, David DesRoches, Frank Potter, E. J. Reedy, Alicia Robb, Scott Shane and Zhanyun Zhao
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., University of Chicago - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Colorado at Boulder, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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new business, business, united states, start-up, sustainability, longitudinal, data, finance, kauffman, mathematica, organization, innovation

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Startup Financing Trends by Race: How Access to Capital Impacts Profitability

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 27 Oct 2016
Alicia Robb and Arnobio Morelix
University of Colorado at Boulder and Startup Genome
Downloads 660 (69,902)
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ase, annual survey of entrepreneurs, financing, startup, entrepreneurship, census, entrepreneurs, data, survey

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Analysis of Small-Business Viability in Urban Minority Communities

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2013
Timothy Bates and Alicia Robb
Wayne State University - College of Urban, Labor, & Metropolitan Affairs and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 619 (75,716)
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Minority entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data: An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets

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Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data: An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4052
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Mar 2009
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 412 (122,954)

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small businesses, business owners, self-employment, entrepreneurship, data

Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Business Data: An Introduction to Several Large, Nationally-Representative Datasets

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Feb 2009
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 195 (266,183)
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Keywords: entrepreneurship, self-employment, business owners, small businesses, data

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The Impact of Financial Capital on Business Performance: A Comparison of Women- and Men-Owned Firms

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 May 2009
Alicia Robb and Susan Coleman
University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Hartford - Barney School of Business
Downloads 577 (82,642)
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women, financing, startups

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The Capital Structure Decisions of New Firms: Second in a Series of Reports Using Data from the Kauffman Firm Survey

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2010
Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson
University of Colorado at Boulder and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Downloads 573 (83,395)
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capital structure, start-up, startup, funding, Kauffman Firm Survey, debt, sources

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Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

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Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 08-39
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 360 (143,385)
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gender, business performance, women-owned businesses, female entrepreneurship

Gender Differences in Business Performance: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3718
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Oct 2008
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 174 (294,793)
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female entrepreneurship, business outcomes

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Kauffman Firm Survey: Fifth Follow-Up

Number of pages: 1772 Posted: 06 Oct 2011
Timothy M. Mulcahy, Alicia Robb and David DesRoches
University of Chicago - National Opinion Research Center (NORC), University of Colorado at Boulder and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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Why are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital

Downloads 432 (117,480)
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Why are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Sep 2004
Alicia Robb and Robert W. Fairlie
University of Colorado at Boulder and UCLA
Downloads 230 (228,229)
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business outcomes, race, family, self-employment

Why are Black-Owned Businesses Less Successful than White-Owned Businesses? The Role of Families, Inheritances, and Business Human Capital

Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2007
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Oct 2008
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 202 (257,820)
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Kauffman Firm Survey: Presentation

2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Nov 2007
David DesRoches, Julia Lane, Julia Lane, Alicia Robb and Scott Shane
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, University of Colorado at Boulder and Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics
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Access to Financial Capital Among U.S. Businesses: The Case of African-American Firms

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-06-33
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Nov 2007
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia Robb
UCLA and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 367 (141,418)
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An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from the 2004-2008

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 May 2010
Alicia Robb, E. J. Reedy, Janice Ballou, David DesRoches, Frank Potter and Zhanyun Zhao
University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Chicago - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Downloads 362 (143,635)
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Kauffman Firm Survey, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial, Data, Longitudinal

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A Comparison of New Firm Financing by Gender: Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Survey Data

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
Susan Coleman and Alicia Robb
University of Hartford - Barney School of Business and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 333 (157,119)
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entrepreneurial finance, gender, women-owned businesses, small business finance

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The Role of R&D in Entrepreneurial Finance and Performance

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2014
Alicia Robb and Robert Seamans
University of Colorado at Boulder and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Downloads 330 (158,662)
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entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, information asymmetry, firm performance, research and development, transaction cost economics

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Characteristics of New Firms: A Comparison by Gender

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Jan 2020
Alicia Robb and Susan Coleman
University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Hartford - Barney School of Business
Downloads 316 (166,189)
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women, Kauffman firm survey, gender, financing, firm, small business owner

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A Market-Based Approach for Crossing the Valley of Death: The Benefits of a Capital Gains Exemption for Investments in Startups

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Feb 2012
Robert E. Litan and Alicia Robb
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C. and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 272 (194,130)
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capital gains, tax exemption, policy, startup

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Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2566
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Jan 2007
Alicia Robb and Robert W. Fairlie
University of Colorado at Boulder and UCLA
Downloads 241 (218,815)
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Asians, entrepreneurship, startup capital, self-employment

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An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from 2011 Business Activities

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Alicia Robb and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Colorado at Boulder and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
Downloads 233 (226,120)
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Kauffman Firm Survey, KFS, data, entrepreneurship, firm, longitudinal

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An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from 2010 Business Activities

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 May 2012
Alicia Robb and E. J. Reedy
University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Chicago - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 229 (229,957)
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kauffman firm survey, kfs, startup, young business, data, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial

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Analyzing the 2004-2011 KFS Multiply Imputed Data

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 13 Dec 2013
Joseph B. Farhat and Alicia Robb
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 187 (276,866)
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kauffman firm survey, kfs, data, longitudinal, data editing

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Patterns of Financing: A Comparison Between White- and African-American Young Firms - Fourth in a Series of Reports Using Data from the Kauffman Firm Survey

Kauffman Foundation Firm Survey Research
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Aug 2009
Alicia Robb, Robert W. Fairlie and David T. Robinson
University of Colorado at Boulder, UCLA and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Downloads 183 (282,171)
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kauffman firm survey, kfs, african-american, financial capital

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Financing Strategies of New Technology-Based Firms: A Comparison of Women- and Men-Owned Firms

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2010
Alicia Robb and Susan Coleman
University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Hartford - Barney School of Business
Downloads 179 (287,678)
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gender, startup, entrepreneur, Kauffman Firm Survey, KFS, women, men, high-tech, new technology-based firms, women-owned firm, financing strategies

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An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from 2009 Business Activities

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Apr 2011
Alicia Robb and E. J. Reedy
University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Chicago - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 150 (334,332)
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Kauffman Firm Survey, KFS, data, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial, activity, firm, trends

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Casting a Wide Net: Online Activities of Small and New Businesses in the United States

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Oct 2011
Alicia Robb and E. J. Reedy
University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Chicago - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 120 (397,106)

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new business, website, Internet, sales, technology, online, Kauffman firm survey, KFS, young firms, new businesses

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Kauffman Firm Survey: Audio of Presentation

2007 Kauffman Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Innovation Data
Posted: 16 Nov 2007
David DesRoches, Julia Lane, Julia Lane, Alicia Robb and Scott Shane
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, University of Colorado at Boulder and Case Western Reserve University - Department of Economics
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Crime's Impact on the Survival Prospects of Young Urban Small Businesses

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-07-30
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Nov 2007
Timothy Bates and Alicia Robb
Wayne State University - College of Urban, Labor, & Metropolitan Affairs and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 97 (461,931)

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Analysis of Young Neighborhood Firms Serving Urban Minority Clients

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-08-11
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Timothy Bates and Alicia Robb
Wayne State University - College of Urban, Labor, & Metropolitan Affairs and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 81 (516,811)

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Entrepreneurship, Business Performance, Inner City Markets

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Black and White: Access to Capital Among Minority-Owned Startups

NBER Working Paper No. w28154
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Robert W. Fairlie, Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson
UCLA, University of Colorado at Boulder and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Downloads 58 (617,955)
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Analyzing Complex Survey Data: The Kauffman Firm Survey

Small Business Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Joseph B. Farhat and Alicia Robb
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Colorado at Boulder

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Entrepreneur, Data estimation methodology, Survey methods, Sampling methods

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New Directions in Entrepreneurship Research with the Kauffman Firm Survey

Small Business Economics, Forthcoming, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2017-14
Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Joseph B. Farhat, Sharon F. Matusik, Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance, University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

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Kauffman Firm Survey, Entrepreneurship research , Firm creation