Gender and competition

M Niederle, L Vesterlund - Annu. Rev. Econ., 2011 - annualreviews.org
Laboratory studies have documented that women often respond less favorably to
competition than men. Conditional on performance, men are often more eager to compete …

Are women really more risk‐averse than men? A re‐analysis of the literature using expanded methods

JA Nelson - Journal of economic surveys, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
While a substantial literature in economics and finance has concluded that 'women are more
risk averse than men', this conclusion merits investigation. After briefly clarifying the …

Fearless woman: Financial literacy and stock market participation

Women are less financially literate than men. It is unclear whether this gap reflects a lack of
knowledge or, rather, a lack of confidence. Our survey experiment shows that women tend to …

The Political Economy of “Transnational Business Feminism” problematizing the corporate-led gender equality agenda

A Roberts - International feminist journal of politics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article traces the emergence of a politico-economic project of “transnational business
feminism”(TBF) over the past decade. This project–which is being developed by a coalition …

The effects of financial literacy, self-efficacy and self-coping on financial behavior of emerging adults

KF CHONG, MF SABRI, AS MAGLI… - The Journal of Asian …, 2021 - koreascience.kr
This study examines the relationship between financial behavior, financial literacy, self-
efficacy, and self-coping among emerging adults. The study population is 790 respondents …

Thar she blows? Gender, competition, and bubbles in experimental asset markets

CC Eckel, SC Füllbrunn - American Economic Review, 2015 - aeaweb.org
Do women and men behave differently in financial asset markets? Our results from an asset
market experiment show a marked gender difference in producing speculative price …

Women directors, family ownership and earnings management in Malaysia

SN Abdullah, KNIK Ismail - Asian Review of Accounting, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the representation of women on
the boards (WOMBDs) and audit committees is associated with a reduction in the practice of …

Gender and risk: women, risk taking and risk aversion

S Maxfield, M Shapiro, V Gupta, S Hass - Gender in Management: An …, 2010 - emerald.com
Labeling women as risk‐averse limits the positive benefits both women and organizations
can gain from their risk taking. The purpose of this paper is to explore women's risk taking …

Not just a gender numbers game: How board gender diversity affects corporate risk disclosure

A Seebeck, J Vetter - Journal of Business Ethics, 2021 - Springer
This paper examines how board gender diversity affects corporate risk disclosure. We
exploit an exogenous shock on firms' risk environment created by the United Kingdom's vote …

A proposed framework for behavioral accounting research

JG Birnberg - Behavioral Research in Accounting, 2011 - publications.aaahq.org
Behavioral accounting research (BAR) is richer today, in the topics covered, the methods
used, and the range of sub-areas of accounting in which it is performed, than ever before …