TY - UNPB
T1 - Do male managers increase risk-taking of female teams? Evidence from the NCAA
AU - Böheim, Rene
AU - Freudenthaler, Christoph
AU - Lackner, Mario
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games. We find that the coach's gender has a sizable and significant effect on risk-taking, a finding that is robust to several empirical strategies, including an instrumental variable approach. In particular, we find that risk-taking among teams with a male head coach is 5 percentage points greater than that in teams with a female head coach. This gap is persistent over time and across intermediate game standings. The fact that risk-taking has a significantly positive effect on game success suggests that female coaches should be more risk-taking.
AB - We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games. We find that the coach's gender has a sizable and significant effect on risk-taking, a finding that is robust to several empirical strategies, including an instrumental variable approach. In particular, we find that risk-taking among teams with a male head coach is 5 percentage points greater than that in teams with a female head coach. This gap is persistent over time and across intermediate game standings. The fact that risk-taking has a significantly positive effect on game success suggests that female coaches should be more risk-taking.
U2 - 10.57938/ff7c6e3a-d222-42d4-858c-38a64f3e1df2
DO - 10.57938/ff7c6e3a-d222-42d4-858c-38a64f3e1df2
M3 - WU Working Paper
T3 - Department of Economics Working Paper Series
BT - Do male managers increase risk-taking of female teams? Evidence from the NCAA
ER -