rounds in risky skill games if the influence of chance is large. There is no gender difference if the influence of chance is …

This study contributes to the public debate on gender quotas and the literature on gender and risk taking by analysing … how the level of risk taking within a group is influenced by its gender composition. In particular we look at the shift of … risk taking between group and individual decisions and analyse to which extent this shift depends on the gender composition …

strong evidence for gender-specific norms in risk taking. While these explain part of the existing gender gap in risk taking … choices being observed, compared to anonymity of choices, on risk taking in a laboratory experiment. I relate participants …' investments in a risky asset directly to social norms for risk taking that are elicited in an incentivized procedure. I find that …

level of risk tolerance is scarce and presents divergent results. Utilizing both differential prediction models and logit … models on a sample of 391 individuals in Portugal, this study demonstrates that respondents' gender play a crucial role in … this predictive ability. Men tend to overestimate their level of risk tolerance, while women tend to believe they are less …