This paper reports on experiments where individuals are asked to make risky decisions for themselves as well as predicting the risky decisions of others. Prior research has generally shown that people expect women to be more risk averse than men and that they, in fact are - a result we also...

This paper experimentally examines gender differences in bargaining using the 'trust game' introduced by Joyce Berg, John Dickhaut and Kevin McCabe (1995). We find no significant effect of gender on trusting behavior, but find that women reciprocate their partner's trust significantly more than...