When the Government Contributes to a Public Good, Private Contributions

question 3

True/False

When the government contributes to a public good, private contributions will fall.

Understand the principles of entrepreneurial finance, including the preference for cash sooner rather than later.

Identify the critical issues entrepreneurs face in creating value and securing financing.

Analyze the factors affecting the availability and suitability of financing options for startups.

Comprehend the role and requirements of different stages of venture development in accessing capital.

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Definitions:

Evaluative Conditioning

A stimulus will become more liked or less liked when it is consistently paired with stimuli that are either positive or negative.

Spreading Attitude Effect

A liked or disliked person (or attitude object) may affect not only the evaluation of a second person directly associated but also others merely associated with the second person.

Automatic Activation

According to Fazio, attitudes that have a strong evaluative link to situational cues are more likely to automatically come to mind from memory.

Moderator Variable

A variable that qualifies an otherwise simple hypothesis with a view to improving its predictive power (e.g., A causes B, but only when C (the moderator) is present).