Following the American Economic Association Meeting More

Are you a business respondent for the Kauffman Firm Survey? More

Every $1,000 increase in credit card debt increases the probability a firm will close by 2.2 percent. More

Apply to the NORC Data Enclave More

Retiring Senior Economist, Charles Ou, of the Small Business Administration was nice enough to mention the KFS and the exciting possibilities for small business research in the July Small Business Advocate. More

Work by David Robinson and Alicia Robb highlighted More

Very few mode biases found. More

Largest, longest panel survey on new businesses is expanded with data now covering 2004 to 2007 More

New questions were added this year regarding the founders' educational background, sources of comparative advantage, predominant market for sales of the firm's products and services, exports, internet sales, loan applications, and loan turndowns. More

Deadline: March 18, 2009 More

Reception on Saturday, January 3, 2009. More

If you have questions or are having difficulty completing the survey online, please call Pat Jones toll free at 877-542-6725, or email the KFS team at KFS@mathematica-mpr.com.

Proposals are sought for conference papers to be featured in a special issue of the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking. More

Download the report that researchers find most helpful to understanding the Kauffman Firm Survey in starting analysis of the data set. More

Baseline, first, and second follow-up survey data are now available for download and in the NORC Data Enclave. More

Make connections with the KFS at AOM. More

The top ten evaluated applications will receive free user access for one full year. More

Up to $10,000 for individual scholars and $20,000 for groups of scholars will be awarded through the 2008-2009 program. More

The Kauffman Firm Survey baseline and first follow-up data files are now available. More

Proposals are sought for possible question modules to be included on the third follow-up to the Kauffman Firm Survey. More