Fearing Fear: Gender and Economic Discourse
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cognitive schema; fear; gender; risk aversion; stereotypes;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2014-08-20 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2014-08-20 (Experimental Economics)
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