We study the gender gap in a competitive environment by exploiting the “naturalistic experiment” of a TV game show with self-selected participants and no gender-specific constraints nor discrimination. Games consist of multiple rounds where contestants answer general knowledge questions...

We use a Colombian TV game show to test gender differences in competitive behavior where there is no opportunity for discrimination and females face no gender-specific external constraints. Each game started with six contestants who had to answer general knowledge questions in private. There...

We study the risk-taking behavior of stock analysts under varying market conditions. We examine how the risk analysts take by providing bold forecasts that deviate from consensus depends on the degree of uncertainty in the environment as well as the analysts' skill level. We provide evidence...