This paper studies if competition affects subsequent risk-taking behaviour by means of a laboratory experiment that … manipulates the degree of competitiveness of the environment under equivalent monetary incentives. We find that competition …

Gender differences in risk attitudes are frequently observed, although recent literature has shown that they are … affects risk attitudes. The presence of a riskless alternative does not entirely explain the gender gap but it has a … determinants of gender differences in risk attitudes. …

This paper studies if competition affects subsequent risk-taking behaviour by means of a laboratory experiment that … manipulates the degree of competitiveness of the environment under equivalent monetary incentives. We find that competition …

gender, and the complexity of the tasks. We do so using both non-parametric tests and a structural model estimated with … maximum likelihood. We find that the estimated risk aversion parameters vary greatly across tasks and that gender differences …

gender, and the complexity of the tasks. We do so using both non-parametric tests and a structural model estimated with … maximum likelihood. We find that the estimated risk aversion parameters vary greatly across tasks and that gender differences …

Gender differences in risk attitudes are frequently observed, although recent literature has shown that they are … affects risk attitudes. The presence of a riskless alternative does not entirely explain the gender gap but it has a … determinants of gender differences in risk attitudes. …

gender, and the complexity of the tasks. We do so using both non-parametric tests and a structural model estimated with … maximum likelihood. We find that the estimated risk aversion parameters vary greatly across tasks and that gender differences …

gender, and the complexity of the tasks. We do so using both non-parametric tests and a structural model estimated with … maximum likelihood. We find that the estimated risk aversion parameters vary greatly across tasks and that gender differences …

understanding. Thoroughly surveying the experimental literature we first find that gender differences are less ubiquitous than … power of the test and show that the magnitude of gender differences, although significant, is economically unimportant. We … conclude that gender differences systematically correlate with the features of the elicitation method used and in particular …

understanding. Thoroughly surveying the experimental literature we first find that gender differences are less ubiquitous than … power of the test and show that the magnitude of gender differences, although significant, is economically unimportant. We … conclude that gender differences systematically correlate with the features of the elicitation method used and in particular …