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Gender differences in self-risk evaluation: Evidence from the Renrendai online lending platform

Li, Xun; Deng, Yuxin; Li, Shanlin - In: Journal of Applied Economics 23 (2020) 1, pp. 485-496

Risk-related gender differences such as risk perception and risk aver - sion are widely discussed, whereas gender differences in self-risk evaluations are unknown. Using a sample of more than 310,000 individual loan applications from the Renrendai online lending plat - form, this study uses a...

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Should We Cheer Together? Gender Differences in Instantaneous Well-Being during Joint and Solo Activities

Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has confined millions in their homes, representing an unprecedented case for spending more time together with family members. This situation is a challenge for households, given that more time with the partner or children may not necessarily translate into increased...

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Equality of the Sexes and Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence from Three Traditional Societies

Schwieren, Christiane; Klonner, Stefan; Pal, Sumantra - 2020

previously been studied. We find that, unlike in the patriarchic society, there is no significant gender difference in the …

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Do male managers increase risk-taking of female teams? Evidence from the NCAA

Böheim, René; Freudenthaler, Christoph; Lackner, Mario - 2020

We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball teams. We find that the coach's gender has a sizable and significant effect on the team's risk-taking, a finding that is robust to several empirical strategies,...

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Should we cheer together? Gender differences in instantaneous well-being during joint and solo activities: An application to COVID-19 lockdowns

Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has confined millions in their homes, representing an unprecedented case for spending more time together with family members. This is a challenge for households, given that more time with the partner or children may not necessarily translate into increased well-being. This...

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Endowment Effects and Loss Aversion in the Risky Investment Game

Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin - 2020

The risky investment game of Gneezy and Potters (1997) has been a popular tool used to estimate risk tolerance and myopic loss aversion. We have assessed whether a simple one-shot version of this game that is attractive as a simple tool to elicit risk tolerance among respondents with limited...

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