Fehr-Duda, Helga; Gennaro, Manuele de; Schubert, Renate - CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, Department of … - 2004
Women are commonly stereotyped as more risk averse than men in financial decision making. In this paper we examine whether this stereotype reflects actual differences in risk taking behavior by means of a laboratory experiment with monetary incentives. Gender differences in risk taking may be...