TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Böheim, René
AU  - Freudenthaler, Christoph
AU  - Lackner, Mario
        TI  - Gender Differences in Risk-Taking: Evidence from Professional Basketball
        PY  - 2016/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10011
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10011
        AB  - We analyze gender differences in risk-taking in high-pressure situations. Using novel data from professional athletes (NBA and WNBA), we find that male teams increase their risk-taking towards the end of matches when a successful risky strategy could secure winning the match. Female teams, in contrast, reduce their risk-taking in these situations. The less time left in a match, the larger is the gap. When the costs of an unsuccessful risky strategy are very large (losing the tournament), we find no increase in risk-taking for male teams.
        KW  - risk-taking
KW  - gender differences
KW  - tournament incentives
        ER  -