| Title |
Who REALLY Wants To Be A Millionaire: Game Show Contestant Behavior Under Risk
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| Author |
Johnson, Daniel K. N.
Gleason, Tracy R.
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| Type of Resource |
text
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| Digital Origin |
born digital
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| Date Created |
2005-11
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| Abstract |
On the popular game show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, men appear to average higher winnings than women. This paper investigates potential reasons, including different uses of information sources (lifelines) and different perceptions of risk. We include gender-based tests of Kahneman and Tversky’s prospect theory, but offer instead the counterintuitive conclusion that men are rewarded for acting slightly more cautiously than women do.
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| Keywords |
risk
aversion
prospect theory
gender
Kahneman
Tversky
game show
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| Rights Statement |
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact the author for permission to publish.
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| Note (admin) |
Acquired as PDF from Colorado College Department of Economics and Business. Converted to PDF/A1.b using Adobe Acrobat Professional.
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| Publisher |
Colorado College
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| Place of Publication |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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| Local Identifier |
2005-02
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| Handle |
http://hdl.handle.net/10176/coccc:2628
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