A matter of time: Gender, time constraint, and risk taking among the chess elite

Maryam Dilmaghani ()

Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 208, issue C

Abstract: Using a sample of elite chess games, the present paper examines how time constraint affects risk taking. Under time constraint, the greatest average risk taking is observed when women play against men, compared with all other game compositions, inclusive of when men play against men or against women.

Keywords: Gender; Risk; Time constraint; Chess (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D03 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110085

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