We randomly assigned consumer loan requests (of random amount and length) to gender-balanced prospective-borrowers who … submitted by women are 18.3% less likely to be approved, with most of the gender effect coming from gender-biased officers … repayment rates than men and find that gender-biased officers in the treatment-group discriminated more against women relative …

sense-making explanation (or narrative). Using a theory-driven experiment, we investigate the mechanics of such narrative … persuasion. Our results reveal several insights. First, narratives are persuasive: We find that they systematically shift beliefs …

sense-making explanation (or narrative). Using a theory-driven experiment, we investigate the mechanics of such narrative … persuasion. Our results reveal several insights. First, narratives are persuasive: We find that they systematically shift beliefs …

This paper investigates the moderating effect of confidence on the gender gap in financial literacy based on a … abilities and several independent variables. This study shows that confidence is indeed a strong force in bridging the gender … gender as well. Expertise in the form of increased mathematical abilities and economic education is suggested as a promising …

when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding motivated, overly optimistic beliefs about the workload they need … longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals have to complete a cumbersome task of unknown length. They are exposed to … for motivated reasoning allows workers to hold substantially more optimistic beliefs and identify a causal link between …

anticipatory utility from holding optimistic beliefs about their future effort costs. This study provides a rigorous empirical test … for this notion of ‘motivated procrastination’. In a longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals must complete a … beliefs among workers, which causally increase the deferral of work to the future. The roots for biased beliefs stem from …

consuming less reveals that gender differences in infection risk aversion and precautionary saving motives are small. I find … considerable gender differences in the reporting of affordability constraints and consumer preference shifts. Women report …

frequency of buying on-line were tested to check the presence of any gender differences, in addition to the relationship between … imply that gender disparities are considerable. This study does not consider the consumer’s living environment or whether …