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Deciding to decide: gender, leadership and risk-taking in groups
Ertac, Seda; Gurdal, Mehmet Yigit - 2010
Being the leader in a group often involves making risky decisions that affect the payoffs of all members, and the decision to take this responsibility in a group is endogenous in many contexts. In this paper, we experimentally study: (1) the willingness of men and women to make risky decisions...
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Personality, Group Decision-Making and Leadership
Ertac, Seda; Gurdal, Mehmet Y. - 2012
. Neuroticism explains the within-gender variance in individual risk-taking among women, who are on average more risk-averse than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500224
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Sex hormones and choice under risk
Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2014
We study the correlation of choice under risk in Holt-Laury lotteries for gains and losses with gender, the use of … preferences and the digit ratio are observed in either gender and/or race. Females who use hormonal contraceptives are more likely …
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Sex hormones and competitive bidding
Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2014
We correlate competitive bidding and profits in symmetric independent private value first-price auctions with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol in more than 200 subjects. Bids are significantly positively correlated and profits are significantly negatively correlated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507619
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Sex hormones and choice under risk
Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2012
We correlate choice under risk in Holt-Laury lottery tasks for gains and losses with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol, the use of hormonal contraceptives, menstrual cycle information as well as the digit ratio (2D:4D) in more than 200 subjects. Risk aversion is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282077
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Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding
Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2009
In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282099
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Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding
Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2011
In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values and 400 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282102
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Sex hormones and competitive bidding
Schipper, Burkhard C. - 2012
with salivary progesterone when controlling for gender, the use of hormonal contraceptives, and demographics. This also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288481
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Auction mechanisms and bidder collusion: Bribes, signals and selection
Llorente-Saguer, Aniol; Zultan, Ro'i - 2014
The theoretical literature on collusion in auctions suggests that the first-price mechanism can deter the formation of bidding rings. In equilibrium, collusive negotiations are either successful or are avoided altogether, hence such analysis neglects the effects of failed collusion attempts. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380984
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Gender preference gaps and voting for redistribution
Ranehill, Eva; Weber, Roberto A. - 2021
studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and … preferences requires an improved understanding. We conduct an experiment in which individuals in small laboratory "societies … and that this difference persists with experience and in environments with varying degrees of risk. This gender voting gap …
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