Chapter 57 Differences in the Economic Decisions of Men and Women: Experimental Evidence

By Catherine C. Eckel, Philip J. Grossman. 2008

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences, Safety Research

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The Changing of the Boards: The Impact on Firm Valuation of Mandated Female Board Representation (2012, unknown): “For instance, we can not know whether the actions of the less experienced women directors led to value losses, or instead, whether the retained men changed their behavior when forced to work with women (Eckel and Grossman, 2008).”
Empathy: Gender effects in brain and behavior (2014, background): “In experimental studies, females are usually more likely to help than males (Eckel and Grossman, 2008).”
Risk Loving after the Storm: A Bayesian-Network Study of Hurricane-Katrina Evacuees (2009, unknown): “…that women generally exhibit higher risk-aversion than men, although the extent of this gender effect may depend on other design variables (c.f.Eckel and Grossman, 2002, 2008a,b,c; Holt and Laury, 2002; Byrnes et al., 1999; Jianakopolos and Bernasek, 1998; Levin et al., 1988; Levy et al.,…”
Gender Differences in Accepting and Receiving Requests for Tasks with Low Promotability (2017, background): “…conform to a norm of accepting such requests (e.g., Santee and Jackson 1982; Eagly, Wood, and Fishbaugh 1981), if they are more risk averse (e.g., Eckel and Grossman 2008), and more concerned about the consequences from Notes: Dependent variable: individual investment decision (1-invest, 0-don’t…”
Gender and competition in adolescence: task matters (2013, background): “…differences in preferences are often studied through laboratory and field experiments, and according to this literature men are typically more competitive, more risk taking and less altruistic than men (see, e.g., Eckel and Grossman 2008a; 2008b; Croson and Gneezy 2009; Bertrand 2010; Engel 2011).”