Domain specificity of sex differences in competition

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-157

  Wieland, Alice ^a   Sarin, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Decision making; Gender differences; Risk; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862508131     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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