Women in politics are less risk averse than men
Magalhães, Pedro; and Pereira, Miguel
(2024)
Women in politics are less risk averse than men.
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(2024)
Women in politics are less risk averse than men.
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Women are often assumed to be more risk averse than men, but is this also true of politicians? Drawing on a study of candidates in Portuguese elections, Pedro C. Magalhães and Miguel M. Pereira find that women standing for election tend to be substantially more willing to take risks than the men running against them.
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