Do male managers increase risk-taking of female teams? Evidence from the NCAA

We analyze the e ect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games. We nd that the coach's gender has a sizable and signi cant e ect on risk-taking, a nding that is robust to several empirical strategies, including an instrumental variable approach. In particular, we nd 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 signi cantly positive e ect on game success suggests that female coaches should be more risk-taking.
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Aiheet: urheilupeli joukkue taktiikka hyökkäys naispuolinen urheilusosiologia suhde valmentaja miespuolinen sukupuoli
Aihealueet: urheilukilpailut yhteiskuntatieteet
Tagging: Risikobereitschaft
Julkaistu: Linz Johannes Keppler Universität 2019
Painos: Working Paper No. 1903; 7. Februar 2019
Sivuja: 30
Julkaisutyypit: tutkimus (paperi)
Kieli: englanti (kieli)
Taso: kehittynyt