How does a group’s gender composition influence its decisions? Economists have found women to be more generous and egalitarian than men, so one might expect groups with more women to be more generous/egalitarian. Group polarization, whereby discussions amplify preexisting attitudes (a...

We examine experimentally how a person's generosity depends on the <p> sex of that person, on the sex of the person who is the target of the <p> generous act, and on the degree of anonymity between the interacting parties. <p> In our data fewer men than women give non-zero amounts; men receive less than <p>...</p></p></p></p>

We explore gender differences in preferences related to altruism, fairness, cooperation, trust, coordination, risk and competitiveness in an experiment with a large random sample of the Swedish population. In addition to a baseline treatment, we have treatments where participants are primed with...

National industry standards create entry barriers which lead to the segmentation of international markets. Depending on the size of the testing cost required to certify a product's compliance with the national standard, and on the discount factor, trade in a particular market will be affected in...

Counterfeiting of trademarked products is an increasing problem in national and international trade. We contribute to the analysis of how counterfeiting affects markets by extending the work of Grossman and Shapiro (1988a) on consumption externalities in prestige good markets. We model a general...

Several experimental studies on altruism have found women to be more generous than men. We investigate whether observed gender gaps in generosity can be explained by experimental setting, where some settings are more conducive than others to activating gender identity and social norms. In a...