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Correction to: A second chance for failed entrepreneurs: a good idea?

Authors: Sandra Gottschalk, Bettina Müller

Published in: Small Business Economics | Issue 2/2022

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The original article can be found online at https://​doi.​org/​10.​1007/​s11187-021-00584-4.

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Correction to: Small Business Economics
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in Table 2. The entries of the last nine rows of the table were incorrectly presented.
The corrected table is presented below:
Table 2
Relationship between failure experience and new business closure, marginal effects
 
Dep. var.: survival of the following year (y/n)
Dep. var.: survival/voluntary dissolution/bankruptcy of/in the following year
Dep. var.: survival of the following year (y/n)
Dep. var.: survival/ voluntary dissolution/bankruptcy of/in the following year
  
Failure event 1: dissolution
Failure event 2: bankruptcy
 
Failure event 1: dissolution
Failure event 2: bankruptcy
 
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Failure experience
 − 0.038***
0.021***
0.019***
   
 
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
   
  Dissolution
   
 − 0.033***
0.020***
0.013***
    
(0.007)
(0.005)
(0.004)
  Bankruptcy
   
 − 0.065***
0.022**
0.039***
    
(0.012)
(0.011)
(0.007)
Degree qualification
0.014**
0.003
 − 0.017***
0.014**
0.003
-0.017***
 
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
Mastercraft qualification
0.029***
 − 0.015***
 − 0.013***
0.029***
-0.015***
-0.013***
 
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
Female
 − 0.011*
0.006
0.005
 − 0.011*
0.006
0.005
 
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
Founder's age
0.036***
 − 0.024***
 − 0.012*
0.038***
-0.024***
-0.014**
 
(0.011)
(0.009)
(0.007)
(0.011)
(0.009)
(0.007)
Industrial experience
0.013***
 − 0.008***
 − 0.004*
0.013***
-0.008***
-0.004**
 
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.002)
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.002)
Managerial experience
0.002
 − 0.005
0.001
0.002
-0.005
0.002
 
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.003)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.003)
Opportunity
 − 0.001
 − 0.002
0.004
 − 0.001
-0.002
0.004
 
(0.006)
(0.004)
(0.004)
(0.006)
(0.004)
(0.004)
Necessity
 − 0.016***
0.004
0.013***
 − 0.016***
0.004
0.013***
 
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
Size
 − 0.009***
 − 0.008***
0.013***
 − 0.009***
-0.008***
0.013***
 
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.002)
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.002)
Limited company
0.002
 − 0.017***
0.014***
0.002
-0.017***
0.014***
 
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.004)
R&D
 − 0.000
0.000
0.002
 − 0.000
0.000
0.002
 
(0.007)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.007)
(0.005)
(0.004)
Investment
0.008***
 − 0.006***
 − 0.002
0.008***
-0.006***
-0.002
 
(0.002)
(0.002)
(0.001)
(0.002)
(0.002)
(0.001)
Investment dummy
0.045**
 − 0.038**
 − 0.001
0.045**
-0.038**
-0.002
 
(0.021)
(0.016)
(0.014)
(0.021)
(0.016)
(0.014)
Retained earnings
0.040***
 − 0.032***
 − 0.009*
0.040***
-0.032***
-0.009*
 
(0.007)
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.007)
(0.006)
(0.005)
External funding
 − 0.001
 − 0.002
0.001
 − 0.001
-0.002
0.002
 
(0.009)
(0.007)
(0.005)
(0.009)
(0.007)
(0.005)
Government funding
0.012**
 − 0.013***
0.002
0.012**
-0.013***
0.002
 
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.003)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.003)
Financial problems
 − 0.050***
0.004
0.039***
 − 0.049***
0.004
0.038***
 
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.003)
(0.006)
(0.005)
(0.003)
Regional unemployment rate
 − 0.191***
0.051
0.149***
 − 0.189***
0.051
0.147***
 
(0.068)
(0.054)
(0.044)
(0.068)
(0.054)
(0.044)
Regional GDP
 − 0.009
0.016
 − 0.006
 − 0.010
0.016
-0.005
 
(0.017)
(0.013)
(0.012)
(0.017)
(0.013)
(0.012)
Sector dummies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cohort dummies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Year dummies
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Number of observations
16,860
16,860
16,860
16,860
Wald Chi2 (47)
730.84***
     
Wald Chi2 (94)
 
1,139.61***
   
Wald Chi2 (48)
   
737.25***
  
Wald Chi2 (100)
    
1,153.10***
Pseudo-R2
0.070
0.088
0.070
0.089
Standard errors in parentheses. ***. **. * depict significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% level, respectively, and correspond to the test of the underlying coefficient being zero. The reference categories are formal education, apprenticeship, no formal education, and independence-centered start-up motivation
Source: ZEW Start-up Panel; authors’ calculations
The original article has been corrected.
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Title
Correction to: A second chance for failed entrepreneurs: a good idea?
Authors
Sandra Gottschalk
Bettina Müller
Publication date
30-05-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Small Business Economics / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 0921-898X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0913
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00626-5

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