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100			_aBhandari, Anmol et al _927351
245			_aWhat do survey data tell us about us businesses?
260			_aThe American Economic Review: Insights
300			_a2(4), Dec, 2020: p.443-458
520			_aThis paper examines the reliability of survey data on business incomes, valuations, and rates of return, which are key inputs for studies of wealth inequality and entrepreneurial choice. We compare survey responses of business owners with available data from administrative tax records, brokered private business sales, and publicly traded company filings and document problems due to nonrepresentative samples and measurement errors across several surveys, subsamples, and years. We find that the discrepancies are economically relevant for the statistics of interest. We investigate reasons for these discrepancies and propose corrections for future survey designs. – Reproduced
650			_aMethodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access, Survey Methods; Sampling Methods _927352
773			_aThe American Economic Review: Insights
906			_aSURVEY METHODS
942			_cAR