Gender Differences in Strategic Reasoning

This paper studies gender differences in strategic situations. In two experimental guessing games - the beauty contest and the 11-20 money request game - we analyze the depth of strategic reasoning of women and men. We use unique data from an internet experiment with more than 1,000 participants. We find that men, on average, perform more steps of reasoning than women. Our results also suggest that women behave more consistently across both games.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Dittrich, Marcus ; Leipold, Kristina
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	gender differences \| strategic reasoning \| level-k \| beauty contest \| 11-20 money request game

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 4763
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	784258589 [GVK] hdl:10419/96916 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_4763 [RePEc]
Classification:	C72 - Noncooperative Games ; C90 - Design of Experiments. General ; J16 - Economics of Gender
Source:	EconStor

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