Gendered prices

We provide evidence that culture is a source of pricing bias. In a sample of 1.9 million auction transactions in 49 countries, paintings by female artists sell at an unconditional discount of 42.1%. The gender discount increases with measures of country-level gender inequality—even in art...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adams, R, Kräussl, R, Navone, M, Verwijmeren, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021