Strategic behavior across gender: A comparison of female and male expert chess players

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 766-775

  Gerdes, Christer ^a   Gränsmark, Patrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Culture; Gender; Mixed sex competition; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955846113     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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