Essays on occupational choice and entrepreneurial ventures / Matt Cook.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Cook, Matt, author.

Contributor:

Ordoñez, Guillermo, degree supervisor, degree committee member.

Greenwood, Jeremy, degree committee member.

Todd, Petra, degree committee member.

University of Pennsylvania. Department of Economics, degree granting institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penn dissertations--Economics.

Economics--Penn dissertations.

Local Subjects:

Penn dissertations--Economics.

Economics--Penn dissertations.

Physical Description:

viii, 100 leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Production:

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania, 2016.

Summary:

This dissertation consists of three independent articles on the subjects of entrepreneurial ventures and occupational choice. The first article examines the flow of information between entrepreneurs and investors in a theoretical venture capital market, analyzing how informational asymmetries and evaluative bias affect equilibrium fundraising, investment, and implementation strategies. The second article investigates the gender income differential using a model of occupational choice, maternity choice, and the ability to stochastically wage climb. The third article theoretically examines the location choice and endogenous growth dynamics of television productions facing labor supplies that are heterogeneous in skill level. Location choice is influenced by tax considerations, as well as the regional accessibility of talent; the model is used to explain why studios and producers have begun shifting television production outside of Hollywood despite the high concentration of production talent in Los Angeles.

Notes:

Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania 2016.

Department: Economics.

Supervisor: Guillermo Ordoñez.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

961021794