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Gender differences in risk-taking : evidence from professional basketball
Böheim, René; Freudenthaler, Christoph; Lackner, Mario - 2016
We analyze gender differences in risk-taking in high-pressure situations. Using novel data from professional athletes …
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Gender differences in risk-taking : evidence from professional basketball
Böheim, René; Freudenthaler, Christoph; Lackner, Mario - 2016
We analyze gender differences in risk-taking in high-pressure situations. Using novel data from professional athletes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496948
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Is there a gender difference in the ability to deal with failures? : evidence from professional golf tournaments
Rosenqvist, Olof - 2016
Recent experimental evidence suggests that women in general are more discouraged than men by failures which potentially can explain why women, on average, are less likely than men to reach top positions in firms. This paper provides the first quasi-experimental evidence from the field on this...
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Good girl, bad boy : corrupt behavior in professional tennis
Jetter, Michael; Walker, Jay K. - 2015
women's tour. These results prevail throughout a series of extensions and robustness checks, highlighting gender differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477533
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Does attractiveness win? : on the gender-specific impact of attractiveness on athletic performance in tennis
Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit - 2016
This study examines whether there are gender-specific differences in regard to physical attractiveness of professional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011419390
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A study of outcome reporting bias using gender differences in risk attitudes
Crosetto, Paolo; Filippin, Antonio; Heider, Janna - 2013
possible outcome reporting bias using gender differences in risk attitudes. There is a strong consensus view in the …, however, does not support the consensus: only a tiny fraction of the replications displays gender differences. This striking … outcome reporting bias in the risk and gender literature. We find no evidence that the likelihood of reporting about gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204670
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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 … findings of gender differences in charitable giving may be explained by risk-tolerant women donating more. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375690
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Gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes : experimental evidence from a matrilineal and a patrilineal society
Pondorfer, Andreas; Omar Mahmoud, Toman; Rehdanz, Katrin; … - 2014
We use a controlled experiment to analyze gender differences in risk preferences and stereotypes about risk preferences … matrilineal Teop in Papua New Guinea. We find no gender differences in actual risk preferences, but evidence for culture …
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Salience, risky choices and gender
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick - 2012
the upside of winning is made salient, even though the expected value of the choice remains the same. -- gender ; salience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533323
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Parenthood and risk preferences
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This study analyzes how risk attitudes change when individuals become parents using longitudinal data for a large and representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which already starts as early as two years before...
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