Gender differences in financial risk aversion and career choices are affected by testosterone

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 15268-15273

  Sapienza, Paola ^a   Zingales, Luigi ^b   Maestripieri, Dario ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic risk; Hormones; Neuroeconomics; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINGERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 70349326770     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907352106     Document Type: Article

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