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Monopolistic Competition and Entrepreneurial Risk Taking - Too many Cooks Spoil the Broth (but Everyone is better off)

The paper investigates the effects of monopolistic competition on entrepreneurial risk taking in a general equilibrium model. Comparative static results show that too many firms remain in the market for an increase in the degree of risk aversion, thereby mutually deteriorating profit opportunities.