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Characterizing the female entrepreneur: Comparing behavior in a market entry experiment with other groups of individuals

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  • Schade, Christian
  • Boewe, Sabrina
  • Krause, Kai Oliver

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We investigate the strategic decision behavior of female entrepreneurs in a realistic market entry experiment where individuals started with gains or losses experienced prior to the game. We compare the entry behavior of female entrepreneurs to the entry behavior of male entrepreneurs and to the entry behavior of female and male students. We find that female entrepreneurs show entry patterns very similar to that of male entrepreneurs and very different from female students: female entrepreneurs on average over enter markets and do not react to their opponents’ prior experiences much. The same accounts for male entrepreneurs. Furthermore, we find that entrepreneurs in general exhibit significantly higher mean entry probabilities than students, whereby students mean entry rate is close to the mixed strategy equilibrium.

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  • Schade, Christian & Boewe, Sabrina & Krause, Kai Oliver, 2009. "Characterizing the female entrepreneur: Comparing behavior in a market entry experiment with other groups of individuals," Structural Change in Agriculture/Strukturwandel im Agrarsektor (SiAg) Working Papers 59520, Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Agricultural Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:huscpw:59520
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.59520
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    1. Margarian, Anne, 2009. "The regional specifity of structural change in agriculture: An assessment of the role of farmers’ strategic behaviour on the land market," Structural Change in Agriculture/Strukturwandel im Agrarsektor (SiAg) Working Papers 59522, Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Agricultural Economics.

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