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 …

market-based measures of firm risk. Using data on the S&P 1500 firms, we document that CEO and CFO age and gender have a … risk. Although the relationship between executive gender and firm risk is more equivocal, our results suggest that female …, policy choices, and managerial risk-taking incentives. We also document that CEO and CFO age and gender do not influence the …

Financial risk and longevity risk are the main risks affecting pension income. This paper analyses gender differences …, Ageing and Retirement in Europe” (SHARE) database and find a significant gender gap in self-assessed risk tolerance … longevity risk mis-perception is much stronger among women than men, what we call the leveraged gender gap, with important …

We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National … Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games. We find that the coach's gender has a sizable and significant effect on … risk-taking, a finding that is robust to several empirical strategies, including an instrumental variable approach. In …