Gender Differences in Strategic Reasoning

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This paper studies gender differences in strategic situations. In two experimental guessing games - the beauty contest and the 11-20 money request game - we analyze the depth of strategic reasoning of women and men. We use unique data from an internet experiment with more than 1,000 participants. We find that men, on average, perform more steps of reasoning than women. Our results also suggest that women behave more consistently across both games.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 4763

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Noncooperative Games ; Design of Experiments: General ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: gender differences ; strategic reasoning ; level-k ; beauty contest ; 11-20 money request game

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dittrich, Marcus ; Leipold, Kristina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/96916
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET