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The Gender Difference in the Value of Winning

Zhuoqiong Chen, David Ong (dvdong@gmail.com) and Roman Sheremeta

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: We design an all-pay auction experiment in which we reveal the gender of the opponent. Using this design, we find that women bid higher than men, but only when bidding against other women. These findings, interpreted through a theoretical model incorporating differences in risk attitude and the value of winning, suggest that women have a higher value of winning than men.

Keywords: experiments; all-pay auction; competitiveness; gender differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 J3 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10-06
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