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Risk-tolerant women donate more than men : experimental evidence of dictator games
Müller, Stephan; Rau, Holger A. - 2015
In a within-subjects experiment we test the relation of risk preferences and charitable giving. Women not only give …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375690
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Safe options induce gender differences in risk attitudes
Crosetto, Paolo; Filippin, Antonio - 2017
Gender differences in risk attitudes are frequently observed, although recent literature has shown that they are context dependent rather than ubiquitous. In this paper we try to rationalize the heterogeneity of results investigating experimentally whether the presence of a safe option among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664425
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Performance Pay and Multidimensional Sorting - Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - 2011
This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. Subjects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334140
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A parametric analysis of prospect theory's functionals for the general population
Booij, Adam S.; Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Kuilen, Gijs … - 2009
This paper presents the results of an experiment that completely measures the utility function and probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824984
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Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding
Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard - 2009 - Rev.
In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003878997
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Deciding to decide : gender, leadership and risk-taking in groups
Ertac, Seda; Gurdal, Mehmet Y. - 2010
Being the leader in a group often involves making risky decisions that affect the payoffs of all members, and the decision to take this responsibility in a group is endogenous in many contexts. In this paper, we experimentally study: (1) the willingness of men and women to make risky decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688515
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Explaining gender differences in competitiveness : gender-task stereotypes
Große, Niels D.; Riener, Gerhard - 2010
able to explain a large part of the under-representation of women in tournament like environments. We conduct an experiment …-sex groups given different incentive schemes. Furthermore, we report the results of a framed field experiment, where we explore a … our interpretation. -- Competition, piece rate ; revenue sharing ; gender-task stereotype ; experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944236
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Social comparison and gender differences in risk taking
Schmidt, Ulrich; Friedl, Andreas; Lima de Miranda, Katharina - 2015
for women. These predictions are confirmed by a simple classroom experiment. We conclude that social comparison and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373955
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Personality, group decision-making and leadership
Ertac, Seda; Gurdal, Mehmet Y. - 2012
This paper explores the effect of personality traits on: (1) the willingness to make risk-taking decisions on behalf of a group, (2) the nature of "choice shifts", i.e. the difference between the amount of risk taken in the group context and individually. Openness and agreeableness emerge as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626175
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Sex hormones and competitive bidding
Schipper, Burkhard - 2014
We correlate competitive bidding and profits in symmetric independent private value first-price auctions with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol in more than 200 subjects. Bids are significantly positively correlated and profits are significantly negatively correlated...
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