Gender Differences in Overconfidence and Risk Taking : Do Self-Selection and Socialization Matter?

In a large-scale laboratory experiment, we investigate gender differences in overconfidence and risk taking. Our results show that (self-)selection and socialization can eliminate the gender difference in overconfidence, but they appear insufficient to create environments in which women are as risk loving as men

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Hardies, Kris
Other Persons:	Breesch, Diane (contributor) ; Branson, Joël (contributor)
Publisher:	[2013]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Geschlecht \| Gender \| Risikopräferenz \| Risk attitude \| Experiment \| Vertrauen \| Confidence \| Persönlichkeitspsychologie \| Personality psychology

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Economics Letters, Vol. 118, No. 3, 2012 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 12, 2012 erstellt
Classification:	J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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