risk. Specifically, CEOs who face higher local incentives implement riskier policies, including higher R&D expenditures and … alternative local tournament incentives measures, sample periods, and firm risk proxies …

This paper examines the effect of labor unemployment risk on firm risk. Using unemployment insurance benefits as a … proxy for unemployment risk, we find an economically significant positive relation between unemployment risk and firm risk …

discrimination is increasing with the degree of risk in the revenue-generating process. We then test this relationship using a …

This paper discusses the difference in risk exposure between men and women and its impact on job choice. Since women … tend to be more risk-averse, they select themselves into industries and occupations with lower risk exposure. It is shown … that female-dominated sectors and professions are characterized by lower risk. Moreover, it is demonstrated that men bear …