Gender differences in the endowment effect: Women pay less, but won’t accept less

We explore different contexts and mechanisms that might promote or alleviate the gender effect in risk aversion. Our main result is that we do not find gender differences in risk aversion when the choice is framed as a willingness-to-accept (WTA) task. When the choice is framed as a willingness-to-p...

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Main Authors: Alice Wieland, James Sundali, Markus Kemmelmeier, Rakesh Sarin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2014-11-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1930297500006422/type/journal_article